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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Compliance with sanctions from the US and EU IIRC

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sanctions apply on OS development?

I dont know ennough on the topic, does this ecen check out?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Yes they do. See the long-standing debate over the ban to export crypto algorithms to Iran.

[–] priapus 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As they said in the article, they are just listening to their lawyers. I would assume those lawyers are correct.

[+] [email protected] -26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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[–] priapus 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lawyers tend to be honest to the people they're being paid by.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Lawyers will also usually advice the safer option. Even if your actions are legal, if its boarderline enough you have to defend your actions in court, its expensive and risky.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden 3 points 1 month ago

Lawyers will be honest or dishonest, just depending on what's best for the person who is paying them. Their jobs are dependent on getting good outcomes for their clients, so they can most definitely be trusted if you are the one paying them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Lawyer slander is so fucking stupid. Would you not want a lawyer on your side if it was your ass on the line? A lawyer's job isn't to judge wrong or right. It's to convince a judge or jury of one's innocence. A lawyer has to defend the morally fucked the same as they do the innocent. You can't have one without the other.

I know this isn't a criminal proceeding or anything of the sort but I sense that's what the comment was referring to.