moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square66fedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down156
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minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up275arrow-down10·1 day agoThey weren’t kicked out, iirc. Their contributions just aren’t automatically merged anymore
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up211arrow-down4·1 day 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-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down8·1 day agoBut that headline is provocative, it gets people going.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down79·1 day agoThey were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down10·23 hours agoDon’t work for war criminals 🤷
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down11·18 hours agoUnless they are Israeli or American.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·44 minutes agoNo, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down12·21 hours agoDid you watch the “collateral damage” video? Just wondering. Not all Russians are war criminals. Neither are all US citizens.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours 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-up1arrow-down1·43 minutes 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.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down5·1 day agoFor being employees of sanctioned companies…
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.
But that headline is provocative, it gets people going.
They were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
Don’t work for war criminals 🤷
Unless they are Israeli or American.
No, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
Damn. Cuts deep
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.
For being employees of sanctioned companies…