for those worried about the impact of sanctions on linux, is any of the bsds a better alternative?
(this post obviously assumes the recent removal of russian devs due to sanctions is bad; no need to comment if you disagree)
a lot of people i know are considering jumping ship to some bsd after the recent MAINTAINERS debacle, but i'm skeptical it would make any difference. afaik, they're just as us-centric as linux if not more (it's the berkeley software distribution, after all). also, my biggest gripe about the bsds and the main reason i've never had any interest in them is their permissive licensing. permissive licenses suck
would there be any difference wrt sanctions in the bsds or moving away from linux to *bsd bc of that would be pointless?
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Russians can still contribute, they just can't be direct maintainers.
Nothing will likely change in the short term.
They can be maintainers if they can document that they are volunteers and do not work for any state sponsored entity. I don't know haw easy that will be in practice.
https://news.itsfoss.com/russian-linux-maintainers-geopolitics/
Didn't know that, but makes sense.
This quote from your article does nail the problem on the head though.
It nails a different problem on the head.
You don't have to convince the US government to allow you access to classified information, you just have to convince a lawyer that their (possibly non-US) client won't be liable in case you are lying.