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[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man, I wish he'd leave the communication to someone else. He is so, so bad at it. And this isn't the first time

The way he attacks critics puts himself in a bad light. But much more importantly, I read this and am still unsure if he has administrative/legal reason, security reasons or political reasons...

If I'd work in Russian propaganda, I'd love this so much. Hope this will not cause disruption in the community.

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 23 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I'd really like to see the criteria for delisting people, though. As Russia is not the only one waging wars, there are worse countries out there. I guess it all boils down to Linus being from Finland.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the kernel might end up being forked if this shit keeps going. Sanctions affecting open source software like this was not something I expected...

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[–] RubicTopaz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Shame to see this shit from torvalds

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 34 points 3 days ago (25 children)
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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 27 points 3 days ago (135 children)

Is there a specific reason for this?

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Compliance with sanctions from the US and EU IIRC

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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reuters reports:

Finland is experiencing suspicious acts of sabotage and disruption and believes Russia is engaged in broad-ranging influence operations against it and other European countries

Since Linus is Finnish, this literally hits home for him, hence (probably) his reaction.

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[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago

I was expecting an adequate response, but this... I'll just say I'm very disappointed.

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