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Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Andrew Lunn , Russell King , Vladimir Oltean , Kelvin Cheung , Yanteng Si , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Guenter Roeck , linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov , linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andrew Halaney , Nikita Travkin , Ivan Kokshaysky , Alexander Shiyan , Dmitry Kozlov , Sergey Shtylyov , Evgeniy Dushistov , Geert Uytterhoeven , Sergio Paracuellos , Nikita Shubin , linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:27:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <753d203a-a008-4cd3-b053-38b5ce31281b@app.fastmail.com> References: <2m53bmuzemamzc4jzk2bj7tli22ruaaqqe34a2shtdtqrd52hp@alifh66en3rj> <753d203a-a008-4cd3-b053-38b5ce31281b@app.fastmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.42.4 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-edac@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 2024-10-24 at 16:59 +0100, Jiaxun Yang wrote: > > > 在2024年10月24日十月 下午3:50，James Bottomley写道： > > On Thu, 2024-10-24 at 07:27 +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > > Hello Linux-kernel community, > [...] > > Hi James, > > Sorry to chime in here, and thanks for making things clear. > > However, I have some questions regarding this statement, please see > below: > > > Please accept all of our apologies for the way this was handled.  A > > summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under is > > In what capacity this statement was made, i.e, who is "our" here and > "we" below? Are you representing any formal group in this case? It's Linux, so no official capacity at all. However, I am expressing the views of a number of people I talked to but it's not fair of me to name them. > >    If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an > > OFAC > >    sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, > > our > >    ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, > > and > >    you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file. > > > > Anyone who wishes to can query the list here: > > > > https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/ > > I did a quick search and found the following entry: > > HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Under CMIC-EO13959 sanction program. > > Although it's a Non-SDN sanction, it can still be interpreted as > "subject to an OFAC sanctions program". > > How should we handle it? A big chunk of the reason it's taken so long just to get the above is that the Lawyers (of which I'm not one) are still discussing the specifics and will produce a much longer policy document later, so they don't want to be drawn into questions like this. However, my non- legal-advice rule of thumb that I'm applying until I hear otherwise is not on the SDN list, not a problem. James