Apparently DuckDB requires your real-life name to file an online bug report, bucking every norm of online handles for communication, as well as enabling doxxers and stalkers to find and trace people in real life.
It seems to be about wanting to know who you're talking to when providing free support for an open-source project, and whether the person submitting an issue is using the project for personal use or within an organization.
> If I don’t know who you are, am I enabling you to build the new Turkish censorship infrastructure, or helping you implement [Russian internet blocking] more efficiently? These are two examples that actually happened by the way.
It's the same with a lot of open source contributions; those need to do so for legal and copyright reasons.
If you're afraid of doxxing and / or stalking though, at least you have the choice to not contribute. You can still post somewhere else and ask someone else to make the report for you if need be.
It seems to be about wanting to know who you're talking to when providing free support for an open-source project, and whether the person submitting an issue is using the project for personal use or within an organization.
> If I don’t know who you are, am I enabling you to build the new Turkish censorship infrastructure, or helping you implement [Russian internet blocking] more efficiently? These are two examples that actually happened by the way.