cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1986332/fsf-on-onlyoffice-eurooffice-you-cannot-use-the-gnu-a-gpl-to-take-software-freedom-away

What should they have done alternatively? Can understand them seeing it as racism towards them and wanting to oppose such things, if the fork was solely made because of the country of the developers. But the rule change seems weird. What would be an alternative?

Wait, how is it racist? This has absolutely nothing to do with race?

Aah. What would it be called?/ If some people are grouping people in a country, and excluding them as punishment based on that ice ity, then what would it be called? And isn’t it bad? Like, would people support it if people asked gor USAmerican developers yo be excluded from apps aimed at children, because their president and former rulers were in groups with the pedo-trafficker Epstein and where they are even using a war(also for petrodollar, so not one objective only) to draw away attention?

I don’t think people are discriminating against Russians. They just recognize that we can’t depend on Russian tech. Most people don’t have issues with Russians, Americans, Chinese etc. But fuck all three those countries, and we should not rely on either of their tech, and cut out dependencies on their tech, especially in the government sector.

If they are forking it because of developers being Russian, is that not likely discriminatory? Are they forking software developed by USAmerican developers? If they are forking all major software they use, it would be natural. But if it is against one country alone, is it not discrimination? But fuck all three those countries And fuck the European countries too then, assuming that you are European and have left them out. I think most people ignore them, since they act like pro-democratic, while supporting genocides, invasions and conducting neocolonialism. Also, by not admitting remorse or apologu on evils conducted in their name. As an Indian, last week was the 107^^th^^ anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, so it is recently fresh on my mind with your comment saying fuck all those 3 countries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre Tho, I too hope my country also starts to work more on reducing dependency on foreign tech in places where it can be avoided. So, agreeing on that part.