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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.
Is there any new "compliance requirements" (sanctions I suppose?) that made this happen? Or is a delayed change since the sanctions started?
But this change here feels like there was pressure from the DoD or White House. A lot of sanctions seems to be introduced and enforced informally.
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"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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Anyway, us encroaching on Russian interests (debatable) is hardly an excuse for them to go blowing up a country full of innovent civilians.
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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.
So you think in 1992 when FRY was sanctioned research and Internet links should not have been affected when flights were suspended for example?
Strongly opposed to any sort of sanction regime that results in this.
Let me spell it out for you: If Project P in Country A is identified by Country B as a potential target for planting cyber-attack-enabling backdoors, Country B has an incentive to find people to put a backdoor in P. If Country B is a free country with rights and ethics, they will say "Help us put a backdoor in P. We'll pay you very well for services rendered," or try to get someone who already works for Country B int…
This could get messy in other projects, depending where this rule came from. I know there are .ru maintainers in at least one other ; and what about distros?
Its pandering. I hope these developers petition to be added back.