The title really undersells it, it seems like under a Biden Executive Order, free/open-source software will have to ban all Russian contributions. Its unclear if American developers would be allowed to contribute to Russian software like Nginx

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I wonder if there is any merit to this or if the government actually suspects or believes there is a large risk giving certain maintainers access.

    I could actually see NSA protecting Linux with reasonable intentions, but I could also just see the whitehouse making dumbass moves because some shmuck wants credit for “securing” something.

    Either way, I don’t think it’s large enough that it’s much of an issue.

    • aidan@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 days ago

      I don’t think this is about security implications, but I may be wrong. My understanding is this is related to the export sanctions, meant to hamper the Russian economy.