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Tencent says it's not a Chinese military company and is willing to sue the US Department of Defense if it isn't removed from a blacklist (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

That's a bad mischaracterization. You cannot force someone to do something voluntarily . Torvald spoke in support of it. I'm sure many governments and groups using the Linux kernel and open source want Developers that are vetted. Or can be reasonably sure won't be forced to act maliciously under duress.