Yes, and I think it's likely we made a mistake. It's now too late to change that for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the LSB specification and I suggest that we simply understand the current state of affairs, accept it, and implement a reasonable process to fix the mistake. Doing so will take at least a year after the fix process begins to allow any application providers to make the required change.The fix for this follows a well-beaten path--we are not the first standardization body to make a mistake. Assuming there is nobody who can find any reason for the current state of affairs, the very next release of the LSB includes, 1) a statement that the requirement that uid and gid be one is deprecated and will become obsolete in a future release, 2) specify that the plan is to obsolete this requirement in the first approved version of the LSB specification after a particular date, and 3) deliver on item 2.