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Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'd really like to see the criteria for delisting people, though. As Russia is not the only one waging wars, there are worse countries out there. I guess it all boils down to Linus being from Finland.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the kernel might end up being forked if this shit keeps going. Sanctions affecting open source software like this was not something I expected...

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Nah. If anything, USian and non-Russian companies will add one or two more devs to their efforts to take up the slack. Linux is the bedrock of their revenue streams.

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

There may be worse countries, but rest of the word is not in a proxy war with them.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An update:

If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an OFAC sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, our ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, and you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file.

(direct link)

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds like an advice, not something official? Also why is an open source project affected by US sanctions? It's not an US open source project, or is it?

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Linux Foundation (of which Linus is an employee) is an US entity. RISC-V International foresaw this and chose to incorporate in Switzerland.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But does it mean they own Linux? They list (support I guess) a lot of projects, including RISC-V. BTW smart move from RISC-V

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

The Linux kernel (the code) is open-source. Linux Foundation (the people who write said code) is headquartered in the US. The US can decide what Linux Foundation can and cannot do, who works there, etc. They can't control who uses the code.