• bastion@feddit.nl
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        3 hours ago

        He followed legal advice from lawyers and removed some russians from being kernel maintainers to comply with sanctions.

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          People are more mad about how he did it rather than just the action he took. If he just explained why without being a prick nobody would care.

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              What is the point of this comment? Linus was childish as hell in the email chain and started a bunch of drama for literally no reason. I’m not mad as much as I am embarrassed to be a part of the Linux community when things like this happen.

            • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              No, I also found the way he handled it really distasteful. Even before his response, just generally the way the whole thing was attempted under a veil wasn’t great. The actions taken should have been transparent from the start.

              I do agree that it shouldn’t be polluting this thread like this though.

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            We have to face is Linus might be good intentionned but his years on the internet have made him an remorseless abrasive juvenile dickhead. I wish he’d lampshade it because most of the tine he comes off as just a nasty arogant goblin. It’s clear he feels permitted for his accomplishment and hard work to take his frustrations on others and it’s clear he knows it’s really not fucking helping but it seems he simply can’t help himself. Like being nice is a sign of weakness.

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        He took the authorization for a bunch of Russians from being able to keep working on the Linux stuff. I’m def not remembering everything and I’d suggest you searching any news about it, it’s an interesting read