Yeah, along with this I am suspecting there's been a "suggested interpretation" from western governments to large orgs.
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zante@slrpnk.net 3 months agoYes, especially in light of the Linux thing this morning
Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m OOTL. What Linux thing are you talking about?
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
A bunch of .ru email holders have been removed from the linux kernel group because of sanctions
Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ahhh I see. Thank you!
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
www.phoronix.com/…/Linus-Torvalds-Russian-Devs
The Linux project removed maintainers who were Russian or were using Russian e-mail addresses, probably to comply with sanctions. Linus hasn’t talked about the legal details because he doesn’t know if he can (and because Daddy Vladdy’s Dick Warmers are out in full force).
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, did US added more sanctions?
zante@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I would guess some people have received a friendly reminder
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah… weird how sanctions work…
zante@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Ok cool but we are talking about timing so
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Most likely coincidence. The sanctions came into effect and their respective lawyers took about the same time to come up with a policy that complies with them. There’s nothing more to the story that would make it weird.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Huh, it’s almost as if, when sanctions are declared, they go into effect for everyone at once.