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[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 192 points 9 months ago (63 children)

I think given the current political situation this is the right call. No one knows what the Russian government might compel otherwise innocent devs to do.

That said, we (and I mean society, not any particular individual) should be mindful that we don’t slip into bigotry.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t most of Linux open source?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

All of it is. But its still possible to sneak backdoors into Foss software (though magnitudes harder). See xz.

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