The Linux Foundation on global regulations and sanctions

The Linux Foundation has published its
long-awaited article on international sanctions and open-source
development. This is the reasoning that went into the removal of a group of Russian kernel
maintainers in October.

It is disappointing that the open source community cannot operate
independently of international sanctions programs, but these
sanctions are the law of each country and are not optional. Many
developers work on open source projects in their spare time, or for
fun. Dealing with U.S. and international sanctions was unlikely on
the list of things that most (or very likely any) open source
developers thought they were signing up for. We hope that in time
relevant authorities will clarify that open source and standards
activities may continue unabated. Until that time, however, with
the direct and indirect sponsorship of developers by companies, the
intersection of sanctions on corporate entities leaves us in a
place where we cannot ignore the potential risks.