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Why remove Russian maintainers of Linux kernel? Here's what Torvalds says
Many of us like to think that our open-source work is unrelated to geopolitics. Think again.
They were maintainers of important hardware Linux drivers, including devices from Acer and Cirrus Logic. No answers were immediately forthcoming -- which has led, naturally enough, to widespread speculation and dissatisfaction within the open-source community. And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts -- the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.
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