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@dotstdy @LWN Quietly booting a bunch of people with no real or credible explanation? Sanctions are fine, but we need to know that that's it. Also, if something compels GregKH to not work with certain people, why can't he just not accept patches from those people? I think this sets a very dangerous precedent. Also, the "Russian bad" vibe has undertones of "Jewish bad" or "Arab bad" -- which may not be the intention here but is soooo dangerous.
@vegard @dotstdy @LWN The same thing happened with GitHub a while back: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ipmitool-GitHub-Suspended
Decision was not explained by GitHub, but could be reversed to an employer being a subsidiary of a company which had a sanctioned subsidiary.
I agree with you though — those rules should be clear, especially since those sanctions are public knowledge.
@Aissen @vegard @dotstdy @LWN The vagueness in the commit surprised me. People are bound by the laws of the countries they live in but I think it would help everyone if this was made explicit. I do sometimes worry about a future in which my open source interactions might be gated by the fact that I'm a US citizen and I'm required to follow laws about what entities I can deal with 