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Re:Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status by yeputons on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @02:43PM (#41928058)
Well, we have a response from Linus himself, in his usual style: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whNGNVnYHHSXUAsWds_MoZ-iEg...

Not much exact reasoning added, if you ask me. Quoting:

> Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.

> It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, ...

> And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.

> If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, ...

> As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. ...

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