Everyone who disagrees with me is a paid russian troll of course. Nobody would oppose blacklisting people based on nothing but their nationality unless they were getting paid for it.
Linus has never been the best communicator, but he usually speaks the truth. But this is just bonkers and wrong. Not everyone living in Russia has "ties with Russia" other than "they were born there". If this is about sanctions, he could have still just told them that. But instead he just disrespected contributors completely and then double down in it by being xenophobic.
I don't understand how sanctions can impact free software, tbh, what's free about this? This leaves a weird taste, I have to admit.
Man, I wish he'd leave the communication to someone else. He is so, so bad at it. And this isn't the first time
The way he attacks critics puts himself in a bad light. But much more importantly, I read this and am still unsure if he has administrative/legal reason, security reasons or political reasons...
If I'd work in Russian propaganda, I'd love this so much. Hope this will not cause disruption in the community.
I understand where this comes from, he is finnish but this is pretty unprofessional.
the comments on the article started off pretty good but pretty quickly devolved into a cancerous combination of NAFO and Hasbara.
so are we okay with banning development time donated to foss because of nationality?
are these people found to support heinous shit or is this just wartime shenanigans?
"Have we become so fearful? Have we become so cowardly That we must extinguish a man because he carries the blood of a current enemy?"
- Picard, Star Trek TNG
I was expecting an adequate response, but this... I'll just say I'm very disappointed.
No, it's not like Israel is attacking its neighbors. It doesn't, does it?
Scratched liberals abound. It takes very liyyl3 for them to be racist and chauvinist.
