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Did the recent Linux drama change your views on how you perceived Open Source projects? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I for one am going through quite a culture shock. I always assumed the nature of FOSS software made it immune to be confined within the policies of nations; I guess if one day the government of USA starts to think that its a security concers for china to use and contribute to core opensource software created by its citizens or based in their boundaries, they might strongarm FOSS communities and projects to make their software exclude them in someway or worse declare GPL software a threat to national security.

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's banning contributors but not contributions themselves. So there must be inconvenience but somewhat effective workarounds. That could be fun to see unfold.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Although why would anyone from Russia even consider helping a project which sees them as lesser

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

But that's not what happened. If the lawyers are saying that some open source groups can't work with open source groups in Russia, as Linus indicated, that doesn't mean either group dislikes the other group. I don't think this is a question of animosity.