On Aug 8, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Keith Moore <moore(_at_)network-heretics(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Would being able to reliably know exactly who said everything that was said
in a WG meeting visibly improve the quality of our standards? If the answer
is not a clear "yes" (and I don't think it is) then I suggest that this topic
is a distraction.
If you mean will it improve what is written on the page, probably not. Will
it decrease the likelihood of someone participating without identifying
themself, and then violating the IPR rules? Possibly.
AFAIK that's why we do it. Not so much because it is an iron-clad
preventative, but because it to some degree removes the illusion of anonymity
that might tempt someone to do something like that, or just be careless about
it.