1) No-one has been is proven to "be" anyone in this case. Reputation is OSS is built upon behaviour only, not identity. "Jia Tan" managed to tip the scales by also being helpful. That identity is 99% likely to be a confection.
2) People can do terrible things when strongly encouraged or worse coerced. Including dissolving identity boundaries.
The first problem can be 'solved' by using real identities and web of trust but that will NEVER fly in OSS for a multitude of technical and social reasons. The second problem will simply never be solved in any context, OSS or otherwise. Bad actors be bad, yo.
1) No-one has been is proven to "be" anyone in this case. Reputation is OSS is built upon behaviour only, not identity. "Jia Tan" managed to tip the scales by also being helpful. That identity is 99% likely to be a confection.
2) People can do terrible things when strongly encouraged or worse coerced. Including dissolving identity boundaries.
The first problem can be 'solved' by using real identities and web of trust but that will NEVER fly in OSS for a multitude of technical and social reasons. The second problem will simply never be solved in any context, OSS or otherwise. Bad actors be bad, yo.