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Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted
Following yesterday's news first featured on Phoronix of several Linux driver maintainers being de-listed from their maintainer positions within the mainline Linux kernel over their connections to Russia, Linus Torvalds has today commented on the matter.
Greg Kroah-Hartman who authored the patch dropping the various maintainers has yet to comment on the mailing list thread, but a few minutes ago Linus Torvalds chimed in with his opinion. And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing. There still isn't public clarity though such as whether patches from these now-removed maintainers will be accepted into the mainline kernel moving forward or any other new restrictions on said contributions, especially with many times being hard to decipher the origin of kernel patches unless using an email address explicitly tied to a region or organization.
Or read this on Phoronix
