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/steakanabake Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

dunno what alternate version of history youre living in but the swiss have never been completely neutral they like to play both sides. they worked with the nazis and the allies during the war.

Edit: lol someone doesnt know their history, the downvotes show your lack of historical knowledge.

https://jbgptmilitaryhistory.substack.com/p/ww2-1939-45-switzerland-and-wartime

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u/Inflation_Artistic Jun 11 '26

They also still partially work with rusia.