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Russia Mulls Forking Linux in Response to Developer Exclusions (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 1 week ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Oh man I fucking called this one, as soon as I read that article a few days ago saying that the Russian maintainers were removed from the kernel, I'm like man if Russia was smart right now they would do a country-funded version, this is completely legal as well under the licensing of the current kernel.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

It will last a month before they realize it is really dumb

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Honestly I started writing a comment asking why it was dumb, and started writing points why it would be good, then came to the same conclusion that it was dumb. The amount of money they would have to put in to make it good is more than they can afford.

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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago

I would be very surprised if such a fork would diverge from Linux. I would guess that this would be little more than a branch with (most likely) support for Russian hardware. Just my hunch.

A legitimate hard fork doesn't seem particularly smart to me, but what do I know...

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

It's not about a divergent featureset, it's about making sure Russian businesses can continue to legally use Linux if the US decides to make that the next step

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

"I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, Rus/GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Russian Federation plus GNU plus Linux minus Linus."