A dozen kernel maintainers have been excluded from the developers’ official Linux file. The number two on the Linux project, Greg Kroah-Hartman, removed them from the maintainers as part of a patch with the following words: “Some entries were removed due to various compliance requirements. They may be removed in the future if adequate documentation is provided.” Can come back.”
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sanctions against russia
Kroah-Hartmann did not want to make it clear on the mailing list what exactly this meant. However, it is worth noting that most of the affected maintainers use .ru addresses. However, shortly after, Linus Torvalds made it clear what the reasons were: Of course there would now be a group of Russian trolls. And it is clear why this happened. Trolls won’t be able to undo this. Torvalds said, “If you want to send me a revert patch, please use the pulp you call a brain.”
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However, Torvalds’ three other statements are clear: “Different compliance requirements” are not just a US issue. And if you haven’t heard about sanctions against Russia, you should read the news. He also asks why, as a Finn, he of all people would support Russian aggression – apparently, in addition to not reading the news, he also lacks historical knowledge. Background: Finland declared its independence from Russia in 1917 and has since had to defend it by military means.
Even though Torvalds does not explicitly mention sanctions against Russia as a reason, there is still a lot missing. But he emphasizes that he is not a lawyer — and he or other maintainers will not talk about the details that lawyers have told them. both torvald barely hidden plain text Also his statement that he don’t talk about legal stuff Will be found publicly on the mailing list.
no innocent technocrat
However, as elsewhere, there is no longer room for interpretation: kernel.org administrator Konstantin Ryabitsev says in a public dispute One user he described as a troll said that the people removed had worked for companies that are on the US and EU sanctions lists. These companies are apparently those linked to the Russian military. Ryabitsev emphasizes that those affected are jointly responsible for war crimes in Ukraine – so they are not innocent technocrats.
A list of hardware drivers specifically affected technically can be found in the patch announcementHowever, this does not mean that these drivers have been removed from the kernel – this only applies to maintainer entries. It is unclear whether these developers will be allowed to continue submitting patches. However, they may use a different email address than previously used – it would be difficult to clearly identify the origin of the applied patch.
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