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Re: no to war in Ukraine


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: no to war in Ukraine
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:10:18 +0200
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On 27.02.2022 02:02, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
 > FOSS people saying somewhere no to war?

I do and I've made a statement on that in
https://qoto.org/@kreyren/107851975317924221 in short taking steps to
reduce russian access to my software and hardware by revoking the right
to use, study, improve and distribute + considering to take identity
verification and vetting for sensitive projects such as open-source
aircraft that could be used as a drone.

There is a lot of Free Software written by Russians that you are are almost certainly using. Maybe not entirely but at least in part.

And not all of us support this terrible, unjust war. There are anti-war protests all around the world, including Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.

There are certain kinds of software that are more problematic than others, though. For instance, face recognition software now currently used by Russian government on its citizens was at some point written by probably well-meaning developers. Given how quickly it has been retargeted at protestors, I don't think it's a good idea to have *any* country use such software. Though that ship has probably sailed.



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