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

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

Shame to see this shit from torvalds

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago

Wow, some real clown behavior from Linus.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man, I wish he'd leave the communication to someone else. He is so, so bad at it. And this isn't the first time

The way he attacks critics puts himself in a bad light. But much more importantly, I read this and am still unsure if he has administrative/legal reason, security reasons or political reasons...

If I'd work in Russian propaganda, I'd love this so much. Hope this will not cause disruption in the community.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago

I was expecting an adequate response, but this... I'll just say I'm very disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago

the comments on the article started off pretty good but pretty quickly devolved into a cancerous combination of NAFO and Hasbara.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I'd really like to see the criteria for delisting people, though. As Russia is not the only one waging wars, there are worse countries out there. I guess it all boils down to Linus being from Finland.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the kernel might end up being forked if this shit keeps going. Sanctions affecting open source software like this was not something I expected...

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (25 children)

Some old folk are reminded of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States