Comment on Youtube - Bryan Lunduke - Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned
0x0@programming.dev 4 weeks agoIf I was a developer in that country
You’re not. They’re grown ups. If they thought it was ok to keep contributing who the fuck is anyone to tell them otherwise?
yggstyle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You are clearly missing the point of the statement.
If I, a developer, stepped away from a project because I wanted to protect myself: the bridge could be mended from my side regardless of if I was willing to do so (…why hello secret police!) The termination of the bridge from the opposite side means I have lost my strategic value.
As I implied: putting personal feelings aside here- this was a net positive for those in Russia presently given the political climate.