Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia
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  • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Couldn’t think of a more lemmy thread topic than one involving both Russian geopolitics and linux.

  • 0x0@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    “Compliance requirements”? The kernel’s american now?! WTF?

    The commonality of all these maintainers being dropped? They appear to all be Russian or associated with Russia. Most of them with .ru email addresses.

    Not short-sighted in the least…

    Similarly, the driver code remains within the kernel – including for Russian hardware such as around the Baikal CPUs from Russia’s Baikal Electronics.

    Not a hypocrite move at all…

    Are israeli developers blocked as well? How about all american developers considering how the US foreign policy keeps fucking everyone up all over the place in the name of liberty and freedom… of oil?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You do realize that the Linux foundation is an American based entity right? It isn’t a shock that it is bound by US law.

  • BobGnarley@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Dude, WHAT. This is totally against what Linux and Open source in general stand for.

    I don’t support the thing that I’m sure was their reason for this but I definitely don’t support banning someone from contributing to an open system solely off nationality.

    So what eventually only the “good guys” can contribute to and use open source software? Who exactly decides who the “good guys” are in this scenario? USA? China?

    The implications of what this can cause in the future for potentially all of the open source community is absolutely sad. We should welcome all our fellow human beings to contributing to open source.

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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      1 month ago

      Yeah, being from Russia is a lot different from being associated with the Russian government. If the maintainers are in the latter, then yeah fuck em, but if they live in Russia with no realistic way of getting out and they’re just trying to live a normal life removed from the bullshit and write code as an intellectual escape? And you take that away from them? Precisely how you radicalize people

      • 0x0@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        Yeah, being from Russia is a lot different from being associated with the Russian government.

        Lies! You’re a communist! Russian troll!

        /s for the obtuse

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    Hello Internet commenters. Please remember that there’s no rule that says you need to tell us all your gut reaction to this if you know absolutely nothing about the situation.