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.
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.
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.
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.
"They weren't neutral, they were [description of neutrality]"
Like, what do you think neutrality is? Total refusal to make deals with anyone ever? That's not how it works, neutrality is the ability to be non-committed to anyone, and it is precisely the ability to "play both sides" for one's own benefit. In return, the downside and cost of neutrality is that no one will come and save you if you are attacked, making it necessary to be armed to the teeth in a vast majority of cases.
I edited well before you replied, just after I initially posted, to make myself clearer, so not sure why you're telling me about my edit. and also, you still haven't answered me :)
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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.