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Linus Project removes Russian maintainers until they can prove they do not work for Russian state-sponsored organizations

submitted by PoundOfFlesh to Linux 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 15:48:51 ago (+6/-0)     (news.itsfoss.com)

https://news.itsfoss.com/russian-linux-maintainers-geopolitics/

Torvalds sounds unhinged here:

Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.

It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to "grass root" it by Russian troll factories isn't going to change anything.

And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.

If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian state-sponsored spam.

As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be supporting Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too.

Another maintainer commented:

We finally got clearance to publish the actual advice:

If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an OFAC sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, our ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, and you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file.

But why would a global project that isn't based in the US and is led by a Finn cuck to US sanctions? Gay.


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[ - ] i_scream_trucks 1 point 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:44:07 ago (+1/-0)

Is rather see Americans prove they don't work for the Israeli government.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:09:40 ago (+1/-0)

I couldn’t believe it when Sting, who penned “The Russians” 35 years ago, actually went on an anti-russian rant a couple of years ago. Some people are just highly malleable ideologically— even some smart ones.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:44:52 ago (+0/-0)

'Smart ones' well that's not entertainers

[ - ] Love240 1 point 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 15:56:06 ago (+1/-0)

But why would a global project that isn't based in the US and is led by a Finn cuck to US sanctions?

Why does everyone continue to pay taxes? Why does everyone let the kikes ruin our nations?

kike brainwashing, kike propaganda, kike media, kike government and kike demoralization; makes a nation(s) of psuedo-kikes.

This is what happens when people turn from God.

[ - ] PoundOfFlesh [op] 0 points 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:10:52 ago (+0/-0)

This is what happens when people are afraid of being called anti-semitic.

^^^

[ - ] Love240 0 points 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:20:04 ago (+0/-0)

They're only afraid of being called anti-semitic because they turned from God and believe kike lies.

God's Word tells us who they are, they are the synagogue of Satan.

[ - ] SithEmpire 0 points 6 monthsOct 30, 2024 05:07:47 ago (+0/-0)

The sanctions reasoning doesn't track, although there is a very real underlying threat to be mitigated by refusing Russian contributions.

Even if a kernel developer has been reputable for years, the trouble is that the intelligence service of a country at war has captive access and a massive motivation for compromising such a person.

Albeit the most important software component, it's also not just the kernel which needs guarding; as we saw with the xz archive utility recently, very popular programs bundled with every distribution become desirable attack vectors. Bash must be an obvious target for compromised developers, but I bet it's more niche stuff like tmux which must be prime value for adding a backdoor, that would see thousands of compromised servers.

[ - ] localsal 0 points 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 16:12:35 ago (+0/-0)

The ones Linus knows about are not the threat. It is the sly ones staying under the radar that will inject the threats - as evidenced by the recent back door that was planted by spending years getting trusted by the community.