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tension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctions (lore.kernel.org)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

What were Linus comments that precipitated this?

The rage comes from LF actions and Linus words. All they had to do was to say: Thank you people for your contribution but we have no other choice, this is the law. But they did quite the opposite and Linus showed his true ugly white western supremacy face for all to see. That is the cause of the rage.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.

It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to "grass root" it by Russian troll factories isn't going to change anything.

And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.

If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian state-sponsored spam.

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No clue how all this shakes out. Not real invested in this ideological/bureaucratic slap fight.

It's always entertaining when Linus flames off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

When Linus becomes entertaining is when he is not doing his job properly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Given how used I am to every statement by a politician or business being this slick, polished, carefully re-drafted beige speech it's a real contrast to see someone like Torvalds just blasting out their thoughts

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Russian-Devs

tl;dr: anyone who disagrees is a russian troll or a useful idiot, according to the linux man