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my take on recent regrettable events in the #linux kernel community. laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/2024…

On Linux MAINTAINERS file removal of Russian developers

I sincerely regret to see Linux kernel patches like this one removing Russian developers from the MAINTAINERS file. To me, it is a sign or maybe even a symbol of how far the Linux kernel developer co
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Bálint Szilakszi
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@bagder

Sanctions enforcement is not a joke, and there is a reason even chinese banks comply with cutting russians off.

Going with your analogy, if hypothetically a non-NATO member Germany would start a war and others would sanction Germany, you as a german developer would rightly get removed from kernel maintainers lists. This is how sanctions work.

I can’t believe this is controversial, programmers are attempting international law and failing again.

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Bálint Szilakszi
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@bagder
Yes that’s entirely fair, it would not have taken much to state:

“We are removing these names from the maintainers list because of US sanctions enforcement. No, this is not optional, at a penalty of personal criminal liability but I Linus Torvalds would not challenge this removal even if I could”

(Which was i think the gist of the statements that came out later)

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