The title really undersells it, it seems like under a Biden Executive Order, free/open-source software will have to ban all Russian contributions. Its unclear if American developers would be allowed to contribute to Russian software like Nginx
Linus either makes me think he’s a dick, or he makes me laugh. Sometimes both. I liked his response:
Greg Kroah-Hartman who authored the patch dropping the various maintainers has yet to comment on the mailing list thread, but a few minutes ago Linus Torvalds chimed in with his opinion. Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote:
"Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.
It’s entirely clear why the change was done, it’s not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to “grass root” it by Russian troll factories isn’t going to change anything.
And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren’t troll farm accounts - the “various compliance requirements” are not just a US thing.
If you haven’t heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by “news”, I don’t mean Russian state-sponsored spam.
As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I’m Finnish. Did you think I’d be supporting Russian aggression? Apparently it’s not just lack of real news, it’s lack of history knowledge too."
Fuck Russia. Fuck Russians in Russia. Fuck Russians that support Russia. Fuck Russians that stay silent while Russia continue to threaten the entire planet for 7 decades and counting. Fuck Russia.
One of my friends is a trans Buryat, she does FOSS development, can’t leave Russia because she has no money and nowhere to go. There are many similar cases
great. excellent. fine distinction. the majority of russians support what’s been going on in russia, else they would have risen up and fucking stopped it. they haven’t. they won’t. sorry to hear about your friend. fuck russia. fuck russians.
Most people don’t want to die, or risk their lives. There’s not something unique to autocratic countries. Just like Americans aren’t responsible for bombing innocent families in the middle east, random russians aren’t responsible for a government they didn’t even vote for.
If anything people living in a dictatorship are even less responsible. At least in democracies the people have a theoretical say in things to a certain extent. Not only does the public not have a say in a dictatorship, but they often don’t even have the option to leave it. E.G. China confiscating their citizens passports to prevent them from fleeing the country.
Neither Russia nor China are dictatorships, and the US also confiscates passports.
Lord knows what media you people have hooked yourselves up to.
Marvel Cinematic News NetworkYep, Russia/China simping checks out.
Americans haven’t risen up to stop its government’s ceaseless destruction around the world. The majority of them must support it.
Russia continue to threaten the entire planet for 7 decades
What are you even talking about, cold warrior?
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Fucking based.
I wonder if there is any merit to this or if the government actually suspects or believes there is a large risk giving certain maintainers access.
I could actually see NSA protecting Linux with reasonable intentions, but I could also just see the whitehouse making dumbass moves because some shmuck wants credit for “securing” something.
Either way, I don’t think it’s large enough that it’s much of an issue.
I don’t think this is about security implications, but I may be wrong. My understanding is this is related to the export sanctions, meant to hamper the Russian economy.
