moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoLinus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps inwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down156 cross-posted to: linux[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1298arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps inwww.tomshardware.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square134fedilink cross-posted to: linux[email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up297arrow-down10·12 days agoThey weren’t kicked out, iirc. Their contributions just aren’t automatically merged anymore
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up231arrow-down5·12 days agoAnd they are all welcome back if they can satisfy the Linux Foundation that they’re not affiliated with a sanctioned entity on the SDN list.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down85·12 days agoThey were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down6·12 days agoFor being employees of sanctioned companies…
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down12·12 days agoDon’t work for war criminals 🤷
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down13·11 days agoUnless they are Israeli or American.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·11 days agoNo, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoI might have interpreted your first comment wrong. But I did not read the booted maintainers directly worked for their government.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoBecause they did not.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down15·12 days agoDid you watch the “collateral damage” video? Just wondering. Not all Russians are war criminals. Neither are all US citizens.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 days agoDoesn’t effect all Russians. Just 11 Russian maintainers that work for sanctioned Russian companies. Who can still contribute, they just can no longer make changes to the kernel with no approval/oversight.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoAll this noise because 11 drunk fuckers won’t find a job at a company that doesn’t mainline killing civilians. What a weak reason to be upset.
They weren’t kicked out, iirc. Their contributions just aren’t automatically merged anymore
And they are all welcome back if they can satisfy the Linux Foundation that they’re not affiliated with a sanctioned entity on the SDN list.
They were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
For being employees of sanctioned companies…
Don’t work for war criminals 🤷
Unless they are Israeli or American.
Damn. Cuts deep
No, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
I might have interpreted your first comment wrong. But I did not read the booted maintainers directly worked for their government.
Because they did not.
Did you watch the “collateral damage” video? Just wondering.
Not all Russians are war criminals. Neither are all US citizens.
Doesn’t effect all Russians. Just 11 Russian maintainers that work for sanctioned Russian companies. Who can still contribute, they just can no longer make changes to the kernel with no approval/oversight.
All this noise because 11 drunk fuckers won’t find a job at a company that doesn’t mainline killing civilians.
What a weak reason to be upset.