Walter van Holst writes ("Re: [gdpr-discuss] Git and the Right for Rectification"):
On 2018-05-25 12:03, Ian Jackson wrote:
- Routinely accede to requests to pseudonymise contributions, by adding to the mailmap something like <hash of name and email> Past contributor #332
I would advise against doing so unless the author requests it.
By "requests" I meant "requests from the author", obviously.
The right of correction only comes into play when the data really is inaccurate and I would stick to the proposed solution of using mailmaps.
I don't understand how you could think that I am not proposing to use mailmaps when I said "adding to the mailmap".
This is not a good use case for pseudonymisation.
If a past contributor requests that their contributions be anonymised, that should clearly be done. Do you disagree ?
If it is done, it will still be necessary to distinguish contributions by different now-anonymous people. Hence, pseudonymisation.
ian.