refalo
he tips his fedora
The problem is not everyone agrees on what exactly "editorialized" and "credible" means. You're making the same arguments they would make against you.
I think that entire comment is actually incorrect. My understanding is that they did not "remove" any maintainers, but actually rejected patches from Russian citizens (because of their employer), and also removed some Russian names from the maintainers list who already have code in the kernel.
That doesn't invalidate my statement though.
freedom TO vs freedom FROM
I was more referring to mainline specifically, otherwise your chances of having many people actually benefit from your changes without a lot of effort is small IMO.
I still don't think something so important should be beholden to the whims of one company (Linux Foundation) or their country's laws (USA).
Hot Dog Linux, X11 Window Manager with Windows 3.1 Hot Dog Stand, Amiga Workbench, Atari ST GEM, Mac Classic and Aqua UI