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Kernel contributor James Bottomley's response to the recent maintainers removal

by simonmysun on 10/24/24, 4:41 PM with 3 comments

  • by simonmysun on 10/24/24, 4:58 PM

    I wonder if it was a good choice to let Linux be owned by a company governed by a non-neutral government who frequently imposes sanctions on other entities. And if someday people wish to transfer this to another country, will US government intervene?
  • by kdnsndndj on 10/24/24, 5:53 PM

    I remember the times when we were proud to print pgp code in a book to circumvent US export restrictions

    Simply bowing to a request (has there even been one?) of an overreaching government is not in the hacker spirit