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Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([240b:4001:20c:6000::1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-71ec132ffdcsm8203615b3a.46.2024.10.24.09.58.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:58:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Hantong Chen To: james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com Cc: ajhalaney@gmail.com, allenbh@gmail.com, andrew@lunn.ch, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, andy@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, bhelgaas@google.com, bp@alien8.de, broonie@kernel.org, cai.huoqing@linux.dev, dave.jiang@intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, dlemoal@kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, dushistov@mail.ru, fancer.lancer@gmail.com, geert@linux-m68k.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru, jdmason@kudzu.us, jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com, keguang.zhang@gmail.com, kory.maincent@bootlin.com, krzk@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, linux@roeck-us.net, manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, nikita.shubin@maquefel.me, nikita@trvn.ru, ntb@lists.linux.dev, olteanv@gmail.com, pabeni@redhat.com, paulburton@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org, s.shtylyov@omp.ru, sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com, shc_work@mail.ru, siyanteng@loongson.cn, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de, xeb@mail.ru, yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com Subject: Re: linux: Goodbye from a Linux community volunteer Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:56:50 +0000 Message-ID: <20241024165650.174-1-cxwdyx620@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read=0D > the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian=0D > state-sponsored spam.=0D =0D > As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call=0D > brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be *supporting* Russian=0D > aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of=0D > history knowledge too.=0D =0D Hi James,=0D =0D Here's what Linus has said, and it's more than just "sanction."=0D =0D Moreover, we have to remove any maintainers who come from the following cou= ntries or regions, as they are listed in *Countries of Particular Concern* = and are subject to impending sanctions:=0D =0D - Burma, People=E2=80=99s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, the Democ= ratic People=E2=80=99s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saud= i Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.=0D - Algeria, Azerbaijan, the Central African Republic, Comoros, and Vietnam.= =0D =0D For People=E2=80=99s Republic of China, there are about 500 entities that a= re on the U.S. OFAC SDN / non-SDN lists, especially HUAWEI, which is one of= the most active employers from versions 5.16 through 6.1, according to sta= tistics. This is unacceptable, and we must take immediate action to address= it, with the **same** reason.=0D =0D On 10/24/24 10:50 AM, James Bottomley wrote:=0D > On Thu, 2024-10-24 at 07:27 +0300, Serge Semin wrote:=0D >> Hello Linux-kernel community,=0D >>=0D >> I am sure you have already heard the news caused by the recent Greg'=0D >> commit 6e90b675cf942e ("MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to=0D >> various compliance requirements."). As you may have noticed the=0D >> change concerned some of the Ru-related developers removal from the=0D >> list of the official kernel maintainers, including me.=0D >>=0D >> The community members rightly noted that the _quite_ short commit log=0D >> contained very vague terms with no explicit change justification. No=0D >> matter how hard I tried to get more details about the reason, alas=0D >> the senior maintainer I was discussing the matter with haven't given=0D >> an explanation to what compliance requirements that was.=0D > =0D > Please accept all of our apologies for the way this was handled. A=0D > summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under is=0D > =0D > If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an OFAC=0D > sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, our= =0D > ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, and= =0D > you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file.=0D > =0D > Anyone who wishes to can query the list here:=0D > =0D > https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/=0D > =0D > In your specific case, the problem is your employer is on that list.=0D > If there's been a mistake and your employer isn't on the list, that's=0D > the documentation Greg is looking for.=0D > =0D > I would also like to thank you for all your past contributions and if=0D > you (or anyone else) would like an entry in the credit file, I'm happy=0D > to shepherd it for you if you send me what you'd like.=0D > =0D > Again, we're really sorry it's come to this, but all of the Linux=0D > infrastructure and a lot of its maintainers are in the US and we can't=0D > ignore the requirements of US law. We are hoping that this action=0D > alone will be sufficient to satisfy the US Treasury department in=0D > charge of sanctions and we won't also have to remove any existing=0D > patches.=0D > =0D > Regards,=0D > =0D > James Bottomley=0D > =0D