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Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by whimsicalism »

rvnx wrote: post #17
whimsicalism wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Frankly, that is completely irrelevant to the kernel maintainers list.

It's of the main reasons these sanctions exist. It's the biggest topic in Europe since WW2.

Well, I oppose the inclusion of OSS in those sanctions. I’m also generally skeptical of the theory of change - economic decoupling generally doesn’t make conflict less likely or protracted.

Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by sobellian »

homebrewer wrote: post #11
lawn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Putins opinion on the war he started" undersells the issue that Russia has actively been undermining, killing, and sabotaging in western countries.

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Well, what do you propose? We're obviously far past the point of diplomacy. The sanctions are not designed to change hearts and minds. They're designed to make Russia's war efforts more difficult. The sorry state of affairs is that Russia's government has made itself a huge problem and there are no good solutions.

Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by chatmasta »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #13
whimsicalism wrote: post #7

Strongly opposed to any sort of sanction regime that results in this.

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The Linux kernel will outlast any war and even many countries. It’s an institution, and in some ways it fosters more global collaboration and interdependence than even the UN. Bifurcating it along geopolitical lines is a short-sighted, lose/lose reaction to an inarticulable problem.

Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by whimsicalism »

jiggawatts wrote: post #18
whimsicalism wrote: post #7

Strongly opposed to any sort of sanction regime that results in this.

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Who is the “our” that owns Linux? It is a human project and any human should be able to be maintainer.

Liberalism is what makes our society great, not paranoia and securitization.

Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by rvnx »

r2_pilot wrote: post #25
even_639765 wrote: post #20

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You can try to ask dang but for technical reasons he is unlikely to fulfill your request.

"we reserve the right to refuse to (i) delete any of the submissions, favorites, or comments you posted on the Hacker News site or linked in your profile and/or (ii) remove their association with your Hacker News ID."

In addition to GDPR (which is EU law but US companies have to respect it too), it may violate local state laws in the US too that you can't delete the account, if someone knows.

Best is somehow rather not to post if you don't want to have your messages recorded and linked to you.

Re: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

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Post by whimsicalism »

rvnx wrote: post #29
r2_pilot wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can try to ask dang but for technical reasons he is unlikely to fulfill your request.

"we reserve the right to refuse to (i) delete any of the submissions, favorites, or comments you posted on the Hacker News site or linked in your profile and/or (ii) remove their association with your Hacker News ID." In addition to GDPR (which is EU law but US companies have to respect it too), it may violate local state laws in the US too that you can't delete the account, if someone knows. Best is somehow rather n…

imo its a violation of the CCPA but they don’t agree
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