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

[Richard Stallman]

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The GNU Project stays neutral on unrelated political issues.  It does
not take sides in international disputes, except for disputes about
free software issues.

A free license must offer the four freedoms to all users, and it must
not try to restrict what jobs users can do with the program.  See
https://gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html
for why this must be so.

The FSF must obey US law, including any sanctions on dealings between
US organizations and Russians or Russian companies.  I think that is what
Devin was talking about.

But that won't affect whether Russians can use free software.


-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)