Re: no to war in Ukraine

[Alexandre Garreau]

Le dimanĉo, 27-a de februaro 2022, 2-a horo kaj 10:18 CET Dmitry Gutov a écrit :
> 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.

Also most of siberia (Jekaterinburg, etc.)

> 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.

Well said, but none of that software is free, afaik (unfortunately for me, 
since I suffer 
prosopagnosia xD but anyway those software are not made to be trained, hosted 
and used 
by individuals)