>> It just seems to me that a list like this, likely to be seen as part
>> of the public face of the Project by relative newbies who don't even
>> get as far as HHOS,
> So, as I suspected, this is all about saving face?

All?  I can speak for my own participation only.  With that
qualification, yes, it is; as I understand it, "saving face" is
basically "avoiding embarrassment", and I think behaviour such as you
have been exhibiting is an embarrassment to NetBSD when it is seen as
associated with NetBSD - such as when it occurs on NetBSD mailing
lists.  (Not a large embarrassment; most people are probably competent
to tell the difference between those speaking with NetBSD voice and
those speaking for themselves.  But still.)

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