Al Sparber writes about software piracy, citing the places that allow people to remain anonymous on the net as a big cause of this problem. I don’t disagree on the fact that is the case, after all if we were all tied down to our IP and email address in the same way we are our social securiy or national insurance numbers and home addresses it would make these collaborative attempts to pirate software very difficult indeed.

Al Sparber撰写了有关软件盗版的文章，并指出允许人们在网上匿名的地方是造成此问题的主要原因。 我不反对这样的事实，毕竟，如果我们都以相同的方式绑定到我们的IP和电子邮件地址，那么我们就是社会安全号或国家保险号码以及家庭住址，它将通过这些协作尝试来盗版软件确实非常困难。

However, to ban anonymity online is anathema to me. Not because I need to remain anonymous, even when at my most outspoken I always take the credit and the resultant flak for my words and actions, but many are not so fortunate as I.

但是，禁止在线匿名对我来说是一种厌恶。 并不是因为我需要保持匿名，即使在我最直言不讳的时候，我总是为自己的言行举止和由此而来的虚张声势，但许多人并不像我那么幸运。

To ban anonymity means that the addict trying to seek help and support online without her boss, friends and family finding out is unable to do so, it means that someone who is seeking help and community in the face of HIV infection is unable to do so if they don’t wish to reveal their identity for fear of repercussion. It means that those living under harsh regimes are unable to get their stories out to the world.

禁止匿名意味着上瘾者在没有老板，朋友和家人发现的情况下试图在网上寻求帮助和支持而无法做到这一点，这意味着面对艾滋病毒感染者寻求帮助和社区的人无法做到这一点。如果他们不想因为害怕受到打击而透露自己的身份。 这意味着生活在苛刻政权下的人们无法将他们的故事传给全世界。

I think that is too high a price to pay in the interests of software developers. I don’t like it when someone pinches my stuff, or software created by those I know and respect as developers, but I stand on the side of free speech here, and free speech has to include the right to remain anonymous. For so often those who are most in need of being able to exercise free speech are prevented from doing so should their true identity be made known.

我认为这太高了，无法满足软件开发人员的利益。 当有人捏捏我的东西，或由我认识并尊重的人（作为开发人员）创建的软件时，我不喜欢它，但是我站在这里言论自由的立场，言论自由必须包括保持匿名的权利。 通常，如果最需要行使言论自由的人被告知自己的真实身份，他们就会被禁止这样做。