moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square137fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down160 cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1294arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square137fedilink cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.zip
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down86·1 month agoThey were removed from the maintainer position of whatever they did. Bizarre enough.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down6·1 month agoFor being employees of sanctioned companies…
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down12·1 month agoDon’t work for war criminals 🤷
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down13·1 month agoUnless they are Israeli or American.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoNo, refer to my first comment you dipshit.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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-down1·1 month agoBecause they did not.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down15·1 month agoDid you watch the “collateral damage” video? Just wondering. Not all Russians are war criminals. Neither are all US citizens.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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 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.