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Indeed - for any open-source project to accept contributions from North Korea risks opening up a minefield of problems.

• sneak 5y ago
  Why's that?
  • beebeepka 5y ago
    Well, because who wants to do business with a "regime". Think of the implications! Good countries have governments and that is totally different. Sorry, couldn't resist
    • imhoguy 5y ago
      So we should block nearly half of the World population for not being in democracy [0]? [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime
      • beebeepka 5y ago
        I guess exclamation marks are no longer considered a good indicator of sarcasm
        • deleted 5y ago
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      • emodendroket 5y ago
        Depends on how friendly their relations are with the United States, is our operating principle at the moment
  • richardwhiuk 5y ago
    Because of trade restrictions and embargos.
    • sneak 5y ago
      Why would trade restrictions or sanctions have any effect on people in those countries donating code to an open source project? No trade is taking place.