Posted by itvision 10/23/2024
Before there were BCacheFS and "Rust for Linux" controversies this year.
> 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.
Russia is the reason that Finland still has compulsory military service.
Finland is also the only European country bordering Russia (excluding Norway and its small border w Russia) to escape being a Soviet Socialist Republic after WW II. Sure, they allied with Nazi Germany to accomplish that, but they joined the allies against Germany eventually.
How is it relevant here?
Was Poland occupied by Soviet troops for 49 years after WW II? Yes.
Was Finland occupied (at all) by Soviet troops after WW II? No.
Poland was a de facto SSR, Finland was not.
Individual Russian programmers are not responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, so I would be reluctant to punish them for Putin's crime and to deprive Linux of their contributions.
So this isn't really about individual Russian programmers at all.
True, but individual Russian programmers are not free of Putin's influence, and could be compelled to do undesirable things.
The day after the invasion of Ukraine, my employer locked out all contractors we employed who resided in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. They got their access back once they relocated to a non-combatant country, which most of them did in short order. That probably also saved many of their lives, since it meant they escaped the draft.
Are you, like, completely ignorant of what's going on in the world?
The day after the invasion one of them, totally unprompted, basically apologized on behalf of his country in our standup and said he opposed the war (they still had access to Office 365 throughout).
WTF, man? I actually worked with a few of those folks. I don't think they were spies, but the policy was understandable, given the context. It dealt with risks that were practical to mitigate on such short notice when there was a lot of uncertainty, but didn't mitigate all risks. Nothing's perfect.
They can still contribute to Linux - being removed as a maintainer doesn't mean you can't fork Linux. If they have downstream changes they want to contribute to everyone upstream, there is nothing here preventing them from doing it the same way everyone else does.
Delisting them is actually best for both - maintainer and linux. Russia cannot break your skull anymore and linux keeps a contributor.
1. Linux is occupied by USA
2. US praises public hatred against a nationality
No, the targets are only contractors of specific firms.
IIUC in case they want to contribute, they must send the patch to the new maintainer of that part of Linux, instead of sending it directly to Linus.
using: It's GPL2. Everyone can use it, nobody can add restrictions. (Some people think this is a feature and some that it's a bug.)