@larsmb @AdrianVovk do you have any references to laws that prevent the public debate about sanctions? Since when can we not debate and question or even challenge public policy?
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@larsmb @AdrianVovk do you have any references to laws that prevent the public debate about sanctions? Since when can we not debate and question or even challenge public policy? 3 comments
@LaF0rge @AdrianVovk And very few orgs indeed will come clean with "well the government asked us to so we can continue to get their money". (I need to add a disclaimer here that this is my very personal take, not representative of or informed by my employer, where I'm not in the loop about such decisions anyway.) @larsmb @AdrianVovk In a better world, LF should exist to serve the Linux kernel development community, and not the other way around. And I guess it should rather be registered in Geneva, next to the ITU and other international organizations. |
@LaF0rge @AdrianVovk Sure, we can and should. But I don't see that as a decision the LF and its associates could have done any different, given that they're bound by law.
What I meant is that no business will publicly discuss their reasoning behind this. The legal departments would throw a fit.
I'd love for sanctions to have FLOSS exemptions, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.