Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia - eviltoast

The title really undersells it, it seems like under a Biden Executive Order, free/open-source software will have to ban all Russian contributions. Its unclear if American developers would be allowed to contribute to Russian software like Nginx

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    In the patch.

    Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.

    It was vague, but this seems the clear intent.

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      But its not clear that the compliance requirements are about being government affiliated…