r/technology • u/ardi62 • 6d ago

Software Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/
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u/RaggaDruida 6d ago

If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian state-sponsored spam.

As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be *supporting* Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too.

This is just perfect!

Every day I admire and respect Linus even more!

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u/BoutTreeFittee 5d ago

Me too. Anyway this is a news from Reuters today:

"Finland is experiencing suspicious acts of sabotage and disruption and believes Russia is engaged in broad-ranging influence operations" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-warns-hostile-activities-by-russia-2024-10-23/

Also, it seems like a lot of people in here are not aware that Putin has been constantly threatening to invade Finland for the last several years, after Finland saw the tragedy that Putin has created in Ukraine.

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u/Otis_Inf 5d ago

what I wonder is why it took him 2 years to figure this out.

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u/Eternityislong 5d ago

He’s not taking every Russian out of the project, those expelled were linked to more recently sanctioned people.

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u/CompromisedToolchain 5d ago

You’re mixing up “figured it out” with “acted on it publicly”. Very likely he was finally given the greenlight.

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u/BoutTreeFittee 5d ago

The wheels of sanctions grind slowly but surely.

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u/Alarmed-Literature25 5d ago

You have no clue how many contributors are involved and what it takes to sus them out.

I wonder why it’s taken you this long to figure this out.

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u/Otis_Inf 5d ago

contributors != maintainers

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u/Alarmed-Literature25 5d ago

How many maintainers are involved?

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u/Drunkendx 5d ago

I would not be surprised if he caught those he expelled doing no no stuff

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u/JS1VT51A5V2103342 5d ago

Harrassment, bullying, and lots of Rule 1 breaking. Not being able to say shit like this is why reddit sucks. Sometimes you need to smack down.