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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALL on Thursday, October 24, 2024 10:14:00
    Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned

    Date:
    Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:56:37 GMT

    Description:
    Biden's Executive Order 14071, forbids Russians from working with or using GPL'd software made in the USA.

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    Biden's Executive Order 14071, forbids Russians from working with or using GPL'd software made in the USA. And that includes the Linux Kernel.

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    Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/sanctions-hit-linux-kernel-russian


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Mike Powell on Thursday, October 24, 2024 10:12:30
    Biden's Executive Order 14071, forbids Russians from working with or
    using GPL'd software made in the USA. And that includes the Linux
    Kernel.

    I didn't watch the video, but I wonder how can Biden dictate what Russians can and can't do?

    It seems like a distraction. But where is the driver of the Biden-Harrismobile going with this?

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mike Powell on Friday, October 25, 2024 07:27:52
    Mike Powell wrote to ALL <=-

    Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned

    Biden's Executive Order 14071, forbids Russians from working with or
    using GPL'd software made in the USA. And that includes the Linux
    Kernel.

    Executive Orders can only tell gov't agencies what to do. They are not dictates to the general public.

    If the Russian programmers were banned, then it was done by the maintainers of the Linux kernel because they could have just ignored the illegal EO.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to RON L. on Friday, October 25, 2024 16:07:00
    Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned

    Biden's Executive Order 14071, forbids Russians from working with or using GPL'd software made in the USA. And that includes the Linux Kernel.

    Executive Orders can only tell gov't agencies what to do. They are not dictates to the general public.

    Most federal government agencies (and any state and local ones who want to
    use federal data) are already barred from using "offshore developers,"
    Russian or otherwise.

    If the Russian programmers were banned, then it was done by the maintainers of
    the Linux kernel because they could have just ignored the illegal EO.

    I would also guess that to be the case -- that the maintainers would ban
    them.


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