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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 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] 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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

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