On Linux MAINTAINERS file removal of Russian developers
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On Linux MAINTAINERS file removal of Russian developers
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#3You could just ask them to use an email address hosted outside of Russia for their kernel development work if visible compliance was the only issue. To not offer them a remedy and to exclude people on the basis of their first or last name is a bizarre overreaction to me. It stands no chance of damaging the Russian government and can only harm the project and open source in general, I'm not sure why a non-profit would involve themselves in this in any way.
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#4You could just ask them to use an email address hosted outside of Russia for their kernel development work if visible compliance was the only issue. To not offer them a remedy and to exclude people on the basis of their first or last name is a bizarre overreaction to me. It stands no chance of damaging the Russian government and can only harm the project and open source in general, I'm not sure why a non-profit would…
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#5You could just ask them to use an email address hosted outside of Russia for their kernel development work if visible compliance was the only issue. To not offer them a remedy and to exclude people on the basis of their first or last name is a bizarre overreaction to me. It stands no chance of damaging the Russian government and can only harm the project and open source in general, I'm not sure why a non-profit would…
These people are employed by companies specifically called out on sanctions, not excluded "due to first or last name".
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#6"I was under the naive assumption that it's individual developers who work together, and their employers do not really matter."
This assumption is not just naive but completely oblivious under normal circumstances, let alone in a discussion about sanctions regime compliance and risk management.
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#8What I don’t understand is there must be tonnes more Russian maintainers and contributors to this? What’s the score there?
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#9Aside from numerous ethical issues with this story, it doesn’t make a lot of practical sense. They are not major threat to avoid, even taking into account xz precedent - I don’t think it’s easy or even feasible to plant any backdoors to Linux kernel this way.
This will not make any impact on Russian government or military operations or impair their OS development effort (Astra Linux will be just fine). It sounds pretty much like some legalese ass-covering met the unhinged personality of Torvalds with the scandal as the only outcome.
Re: On Linux MAINTAINERS file removal of Russian developers
#10You could just ask them to use an email address hosted outside of Russia for their kernel development work if visible compliance was the only issue. To not offer them a remedy and to exclude people on the basis of their first or last name is a bizarre overreaction to me. It stands no chance of damaging the Russian government and can only harm the project and open source in general, I'm not sure why a non-profit would…
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You should practice your trolling skills. You are being way too obvious. At least, I hope so, because if you actually believe this, then this is something only a professional can help you with.