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tension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctions (lore.kernel.org)

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Damn there are a surprising number of maintainers that are comrades and not taking this lying down from the western supremacist cohort.

Linus opened up a massive can of worms and turned this into a geopolitical conflict by acting like a baby.

This comment by Hantong Chen is great:

Hi James,

Here's what Linus has said, and it's more than just "sanction."

Moreover, we have to remove any maintainers who come from the following countries or regions, as they are listed in Countries of Particular Concern and are subject to impending sanctions:

Burma, People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

Algeria, Azerbaijan, the Central African Republic, Comoros, and Vietnam.

For People’s Republic of China, there are about 500 entities that are on the U.S. OFAC SDN / non-SDN lists, especially HUAWEI, which is one of the most active employers from versions 5.16 through 6.1, according to statistics. This is unacceptable, and we must take immediate action to address it, with the same reason.

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Meh, if they really leave this will prompt the US government or corps to finally start paying these developers. This flare up is a blessing in disguise.

[–] socsa@piefed.social -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait until you find out how much of Linux the NSA has built.

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Next to none. You're just spreading FUD.

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

selinux is one example.

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They haven't been involved with that for years and it's open source so it's as likely to have a backdoor as any other part of the code.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The NSA also created TOR

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