moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square78fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down159
arrow-up1288arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up291arrow-down10·2 months agoThey weren’t kicked out, iirc. Their contributions just aren’t automatically merged anymore
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up222arrow-down5·2 months 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-up125arrow-down8·2 months agoBut that headline is provocative, it gets people going.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down83·2 months agoThey were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down6·2 months agoFor being employees of sanctioned companies…
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down12·2 months agoDon’t work for war criminals 🤷
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down12·2 months agoUnless they are Israeli or American.
minus-squareRutty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·2 months agoDamn. Cuts deep
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoNo, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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-down1·2 months agoBecause they did not.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down15·2 months agoDid you watch the “collateral damage” video? Just wondering. Not all Russians are war criminals. Neither are all US citizens.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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.
But that headline is provocative, it gets people going.
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.