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

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    2 months ago

    In other areas, sanctions don’t always mean a complete ban. For example, Ian Nepomniachtchi is still allowed to play chess internationally, just not under the Russian flag. This seems needlessly putative unless there are legitimate security concerns.

    This is absolutely not an absolute ban, they can contribute code, they simply can’t be named maintainers with full commit authority.

    Also apparently they are intending to re-add those who can be confirmed as unaffiliated with the Russian government.

    • aidan@lemmy.worldOP
      11·
      2 months ago

      Also apparently they are intending to re-add those who can be confirmed as unaffiliated with the Russian government.

      Do you have a source for this? Because that would be really good news.

      • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        2 months ago

        In the patch.

        Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.

        It was vague, but this seems the clear intent.

        • aidan@lemmy.worldOP
          7·
          2 months ago

          But its not clear that the compliance requirements are about being government affiliated…