Re: Update on some maintainers / contributors.

[Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>]

Hello Patrick,

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:31:33AM -0400, Patrick Williams wrote:
> it seems like we should be more forward about what is going on.

Great to hear you think that, and thanks a lot for approaching this in
a more humane way.

>    - We are not accepting new CCLAs from entities on the sanctions list
>      or accepting ICLAs from individuals associated with these
>      entities.

Please consider trying to do better than the "high ranking members of
the kernel community" mentioned earlier and adding specific, explicit
rules regarding this issue to the project documentation.

In particular, it would be really important to clarify 

1. Which sanctions list it is exactly; for Linux they say they are
going to follow just the SDN and not the whole OFAC so even despite
e.g. Huawei is sanctioned they are still allowed to not only
contribute code but also maintain parts of the project.

2. How association of an individual with an entity is established. The
kernel people were mentioning some documents that a developer might
provide to prove they're not associated but it's hard to imagine what
kind of document that might even be.

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