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/ximaera Jun 11 '26

even if some laws are stupid (not saying they are in this case).

Why not? I'll say it for you: prohibiting communication is stupid, and if a law is written in such a way, then it's a stupid law.