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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] 42 points 18 hours 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] 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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] 45 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

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

Or a name

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 minutes ago

~~Bring~~ Fork out the GIMP!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

This sets such a bad precedent...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours 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] 29 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The bad precedent was starting a war

[–] [email protected] 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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