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Russia Mulls Forking Linux in Response to Developer Exclusions (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I would be very surprised if such a fork would diverge from Linux. I would guess that this would be little more than a branch with (most likely) support for Russian hardware. Just my hunch.

A legitimate hard fork doesn't seem particularly smart to me, but what do I know...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

It's not about a divergent featureset, it's about making sure Russian businesses can continue to legally use Linux if the US decides to make that the next step

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

"I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, Rus/GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Russian Federation plus GNU plus Linux minus Linus."