Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?

[Paul Sutton]

Hi

Good question.

Watching the BBC news,  I get the impression, that while the regime is 
behind the invasion,  the army follow orders.  Many ordinary Russians DO 
NOT want this war.  In addition there are probably many activists in 
Russia, who are against Putin and who may rely on free software to 
conduct business, communication etc (e.g at a guess gnupg)

Free software is about using software for what you want to use it for. 
Of course, we would hope people use it in a way that respects human 
rights and freedoms.

Just a thought.

Paul


On 24/02/2022 08:04, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
> Today russian forces invaded ukraine and started an unprovoked war with
> free software being used across russia and in the government thus
> playing a major role in russia's war capabilities.
>
> Should we and can we take steps to prevent/reduce russia's access to our
> software?
>
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> Jacob Hrbek, In support of ukraine sovereignty #supportUkraine
>
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