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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (3 children)

We're gonna start seeing large open source communities start to break into smaller ones because of sanctions from now aren't we?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This article gives a good discussion about a potential coming East/West political split in the world of FOSS.

https://thenewstack.io/avoiding-a-geopolitical-open-source-apocalypse/

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You don't need sanctions. I've seen you petty fucks fork projects over a font.

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

Or a name

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

~~Bring~~ Fork out the GIMP!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

gimp-qt

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

They'll fight over fonts meanwhile WordPress is on fire and where are the forks?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This sets such a bad precedent...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Arguably, ITAR set the precedent in the 1990's during the crypto wars. USians used to have to travel to Canada to work on cryptographic code in OpenBSD because their commits couldn't legally be exported.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The bad precedent was starting a war

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm sure the maintainers are in talks with Putin directly