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[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

personally i don't agree with sanctioning foss communities.

but fuckit, bring on more forks i say.

among other benefits, the scifi-type scenario of nations trying to patch eachothers backdoors and slip in new backdoors (and hopefully innovations). could make for an exciting OS space-race type scenario

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago

personally i don't agree with sanctioning foss communities.

Foss communities aren't being sanctioned. Whole countries are. It's the same limitation whatever enterprise you're in.

If Olympians have to renounce their country to take part in global competition, why do you not think a software developer wouldn't have to do the same to be involved in a global project?

[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you think it's acceptable to make olympicians first bow to the west before they can take part in games?

Should Isn'traelis first denounce the genocide before being able to contribute to the linux kernel or take part in olympic games?

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Not the west. The global community.

...and should Israel be under sanctions? Absolutely.

[-] scorp@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago
[-] legionguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

add india lil bro

[-] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Thats the entire world!

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Lol global community

It will do what the US says or else it gets the hose again

[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

this is a complex topic and probably belongs in a different thread.

essentially i don't personally believe in punishing citizens of a country for the actions of its politicians.

at best its misguided, at worse it basically empowers politicians on both sides who draw power from friction between citizens of different nations. typical divide and conquer bs.

why do you not think a software developer wouldn’t have to

wouldn't or shouldn't? if you mean wouldn't, it's not surprising and its not the dev's fault they have to comply with policy, so the criticism is not with them.

if you mean shouldn't, i don't agree with punishing athletes either, but regarding foss specifically, isn't the "friendly competition" of olympics equivalent to that? sort of. in some ways yes. in other ways its actually the opposite.

collaboration is actually the opposite of competition.

and while there's a case for the benefits of healthy sports competition, i don't believe it truly fulfills the spirit of international goodwill to the degree it says on the packaging. foss and other forms of international collaboration for the betterment of greater society are definitely on a higher rung - in my opinion at least.

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