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Phoronix: Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia
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Greg sent out the patch but won't respond to mail list questions. Sad to see Linux leadership bend the knee
Dude seriously and I can't believe how many people don't seem to see how sad that is in this thread.
Even if you hate this country or that, not even responding about it and keeping the code and using it anyway and only removing the attribution to the maintainers they removed (although that will escalate to banning them altogether I imagine this seems like a step one kind of thing) is just salt on the wound .
Super sad shit honestly.
honestly, i'm not even sure i'd blame him. who knows what kind of pressure he's getting behind closed doors