If we want to be as specific as we can (recalling Scott's remark on IRC):
"To merge two Launchpad accounts, you must be logged in on Launchpad under the account you want to keep, and have access to the e-mail address registered under the duplicated account. Once you’ve proven that you own the duplicated account's e-mail address, it will be assigned to you, along with everything else owned by the duplicated account."
If we want to be as specific as we can (recalling Scott's remark on IRC):
"To merge two Launchpad accounts, you must be logged in on Launchpad under the account you want to keep, and have access to the e-mail address registered under the duplicated account. Once you’ve proven that you own the duplicated account's e-mail address, it will be assigned to you, along with everything else owned by the duplicated account."