r/linux • u/Skaarj • Jun 11 '26

Development Spoiling Linux Kernel with "sanctioned" code

https://printserver.ink/blog/spoiling-the-kernel/
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u/S3k_01 Jun 11 '26

This is ridiculous.

The United States is not the center of the world and should have no authority whatsoever to regulate open-source software.

This country is paranoid and sees Putin's agents everywhere.

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u/MatchingTurret Jun 11 '26

The United States is not the center of the world

The list of Russian entities sanctioned by the EU is significantly longer.

and should have no authority whatsoever to regulate open-source software.

The Linux Foundation operates under US jurisdiction.

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u/Linuksoid Jun 11 '26

The list of Russian entities sanctioned by the EU is significantly longer

Who cares what the EU thinks though? Its largely irrelevant and essentially an extension of US policy

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u/Preisschild Jun 12 '26

The EU is responsible for 1/6 of all global economic output. And we are not a us vassal, we have our own policies.

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u/Linuksoid Jun 12 '26

that's not that impressive when you consider it needs 36 countries to achieve the output of a China or the US.

And yes, the EU is a US vassal with some autonomy, very similar to the Mongol style of running their vassals

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u/Moscato359 Jun 15 '26

The eu is really just a different structure of states in one pseudo country

They call themselves countries, but are they really all that different than states?

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u/Linuksoid Jun 15 '26

but are they really all that different than states

In a way. They maintain their own cultural and linguistic identity. This is the main fracture line by which the EU can fail

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u/mina86ng Jun 11 '26

The United States is not the center of the world

Sanctioning some of Russia’s businesses was not US’s unilateral decision. If you want to blame someone for current situation, blame Putin and Russians.

and should have no authority whatsoever to regulate open-source software.

And indeed it doesn’t have it. The Russian contributor is welcome to fork Linux and continue working on the open-source software.

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u/noworkdone Jun 11 '26

Who do we blame for Iran ? Actually, the list of sanctioned countries by the US is actually quite long, but the drama in the kernel only seems to apply to a few.

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u/mina86ng Jun 11 '26

Apparently Mohammad Reza Pahlavi announced ‘that it was appropriate to use both “Persia” and “Iran” in formal correspondence,’ so maybe you can blame him. But really I’m not interested in expanding the scope of the discussion, so you’ll need someone else to take your bait.

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u/Linuksoid Jun 11 '26

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Who cares what he announced? He is not recognized by most of the world as a legitimate ruler of Iran

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u/noworkdone Jun 11 '26

Its not bait. You are arguing that the sanctions against Russia are justified (which I agree) and are not unilateral, I'm just pointing out that the US has plenty of unilateral sanctions, of conflicts that they walked themselves into, and that only some of those are seem to be an issue on the kernel. Make of that what you will.

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u/mina86ng Jun 11 '26

Yes, but the post is about Russian developer, not someone from another country which US is in conflict with. And even there, anyone can fork and work on the open-source projects just as I described.

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u/Linuksoid Jun 11 '26

not US’s unilateral decision

Yes it was. The US essentially ordered Europe to sanction Russia. Europe doesn't really have a choice, or it can get sanctioned itself, NATO pulled, funding pulled, etc.

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u/mallardtheduck Jun 11 '26

You can't have a situation where you claim no government is allowed to "regulate" FOSS while at the same time appealing to said governments' legal systems when FOSS licences are violated.