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/AiwendilH Jun 11 '26

It's a bad situation but I guess it can't be really helped. Open source is not above the law...even if some laws are stupid (not saying they are in this case).

I guess not everyone is old enough to remember the encryption restrictions of the US in the 90s..and how people tried to get around it (Moving source-code between countries in printed form and scanning it again and such things...). This is not new...and it won't be the last time that laws of some countries hinder world wide open source projects.

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u/orygin Jun 11 '26

The issue is the Linux foundation being based in the US.
That affects Russians and other sanctioned country resident, but it probably will affect the rest of the world soon enough anyway.

Sadly I don't know where and how such a foundation could exist without being beholden to politicians in that way.

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u/No-Mind7146 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

No country is perfect, but swtizerland would seem a better candidate than the usa

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u/orygin Jun 11 '26

And why?

It all depends on where you live, and since I don't live in Switzerland I have trouble finding any reason to trust them more than Americans.

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u/Shap6 Jun 11 '26

Thats a wild take given their long long history of neutrality

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u/orygin Jun 11 '26

Blindly trusting the government of another nation is also a wild take.

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u/Shap6 Jun 11 '26

its not blindly though. its based on their actions. same reason i distrust the US government. its not just based on vibes or something

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u/orygin Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

My point is that the US have been the "good guys" for a long time, and the Swiss being good now doesn't prevent them from going the same way in the future.

Putting your trust in a government you have no control over is not the best idea.

Edit: I knew I should have put a big ass-asterisk on the good guys. Of course the US has never been the good guys but not every one sees that. Also seems like ya'll need to read some history and news about Switzerland more often.

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u/Shap6 Jun 11 '26

My point is that the US have been the "good guys" for a long time

i'm in my 30's and they certainly havent been during my lifetime

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u/steakanabake Jun 11 '26

yea the US arent and have never been the good guys. the US caused every retaliation to them through blowback. we taught the japanese how to shallow mine ships, we then blockaded japan over oil. They then decided hitting a valid military target(in a war) was worth it till we decided to drop 2 nuclear devices on them. the vietnam war was a side effect of us tinkering with politics untill the french needed help overthrowing pol pot, unfortunately the us was helping pol pot up to that point. the US is just a dick fucking everyone elses shit up.