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Linux is American software. How would they support it? They do have their own Linux distributions and derivatives. But contributing might be problematic, both f
by vbezhenar 3y ago
Linux is American software. How would they support it? They do have their own Linux distributions and derivatives. But contributing might be problematic, both from sending side (you're helping Americans, you're traitor) and from receiving side (can't accept contributions from Russians, might contain backdoors or might violate sanctions, not safe).
- lambertsimnel 3y agoI hate to be a GNU-Linux pedant, but isn't it GNU that's American, while Linux (the kernel) is European?
- amatecha 3y agoLinux Foundation is a US nonprofit[0], maybe that's what they're getting at? /shrug [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation
- vbezhenar 3y agoCounting by contributions, most are from US companies. Only Huawei is a notable exception. Linus is an American citizen, AFAIK. Linux Foundation is US company.
- jowea 3y agoI don't think nationality is that important for FOSS. I can see why cooperating with the original efforts centred in the USA/Europe might be problematic, but there's little stopping those governments from copying the code and working on it internally. And might contain backdoors or might violate sanctions" is the exact reason those countries should be thinking about it! Btw, it seems my premise is incorrect, I thought only North Korea was doing a serious effort, but at least from Wikipedia it seems both Russia and China are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Operating_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Operating_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Linux
- vbezhenar 3y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALT_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALT_Linux
- pjmlp 3y agoWe can always fork the last version, and then carry on with EU Linux, or whatever. As a 70's child, present times are starting to look like cold war times home computers.
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