Re: linux: Goodbye from a Linux community volunteer

James Bottomley
2024-10-24T16:28:00Z

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