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Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted(www.phoronix.com)

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ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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Linus is just following the law, the law != doing the right thing.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world
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There’s a law for Open Source projects with no country governance? Holy shit. News to me.

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Lmfao, what law is being followed here? Come on.

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ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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What? He is doing what the lawyers is saying to do, the quote:

"No, but I’m not a lawyer, so I’m not going to go into the details that I - and other maintainers - were told by lawyers.

He is following the sanctions.

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TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
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He is being pretty vague there. It could be any number of things in the orbit of anti-russia pressuring. That could include the feds pressuring legally, but it could also be many other less direct things or even a personal political decision.

They are being cagey.

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