Here is Linus’s comment
Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about. It’s entirely clear why the change was done, it’s not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to “grass root” it by Russian troll factories isn’t going to change anything. And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren’t troll farm accounts - the “various compliance requirements” are not just a US thing. If you haven’t heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by “news”, I don’t mean Russian state sponsored spam. As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I’m Finnish. Did you think I’d be supporting Russian aggression? Apparently it’s not just lack of real news, it’s lack of history knowledge too.
And about whether or not he is under an NDA
No, but I’m not a lawyer, so I’m not going to go into the details that I - and other maintainers - were told by lawyers. I’m also not going to start discussing legal issues with random internet people who I seriously suspect are paid actors and/or have been riled up by them
Ok Linus but why not delist yourself then?
Linoox thinks that him being a Finnish is something to flex about. The Finns allied with the Nazis.
Finland was invaded by Russia before WWII, then participated in a campaign against Russia with the Axis powers and finally signed the Moscow Treaty with Russia and the UK and joined them against Germany… I fear history is more complex than what may serve your simplistic view (I’d go to far as to say that, most probably, reality is too).
Also, if I may, that happened some 80 years ago… do you think current Finns should be ashamed of that when they were not even alive back then? Can you name a nation that didn’t do anything shameful in the last century?
I choose to criticize him in the same shallow and ignorant way that he chose to be xenophobic towards Russians, because the next time, he’ll be coming after the Chinese, and then the Indians (which I am) - this obnoxious, post-century barbaric Eurocentric brain-rot should’ve never been bought it to discourse, but he did.
I hope that no self-respecting person who have been expelled by him, work with this absolute prick of a person. Also, Linus: ‘It’s really hard to find maintainers…’ Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux.