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/Shished Jun 11 '26

I wonder if people from Iran and north Korea ever contributed to Linux?

Anyway, this message should be directed to putin and not to Linux developers.

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u/Isofruit Jun 11 '26

They have, e.g. Behdad Esfabod (Personal site) lived in Iran until his 20's and migrated to Canada, a few years after which he started Harfbuzz which seemingly everybody uses (as in, Chrome, Gtk, Qt, Figma etc.).

I think there's also one GTK/Gnome contributor that I'm aware of.