From: Akira Urushibata <afu@wta.att.ne.jp>
To: <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
Subject: Re: Should distros take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:57:34 +0900 (added by postmaster@msrg2011.rgserv.att.ne.jp) [thread overview]
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Two recent news articles which relate to the discussion.
Zelensly states that he wants IT companies to stop supporting Russian
versions of their products. Some of his supporters may feel that free
software developers should do likewise.
The second article argues that matters are not so simple.
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Zelensky Presses Companies - Microsoft, SAP And Oracle - To Punish
Russia More
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/03/13/zelensky-presses-companies-microsoft-sap-and-oracle-to-punish-russia-more/
Tagging Microsoft, Oracle and SAP's official accounts, Zelensky
tweeted Sunday the technology companies must "stop supporting"
their Russian products, asserting the company's Russian pullbacks
were "`half' decisions.'"
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War censorship exposes Putin's leaky internet controls
https://news.yahoo.com/war-censorship-exposes-putins-leaky-211745727.html
...
Yet the Kremlin's latest censorship efforts have revealed serious
shortcomings in the government's bigger plans to straightjacket the
internet. Any Russian with a modicum of tech smarts can circumvent
Kremlin efforts to starve Russians of fact.
For instance, the government has so far had only limited success
blocking the use of software known as virtual private networks, or
VPNs, that allows users to evade content restrictions. The same goes
for Putin’s attempts to restrict the use of other censorship-evading
software.
That puts providers of internet bandwidth and associated services
sympathetic to Ukraine's plight in a tough spot. On one side, they
face public pressure to punish the Russian state and economic reasons
to limit services at a time when bills might well go unpaid. On the
other, they're wary of helping stifle a free flow of information that
can counter Kremlin disinformation - for instance, the state's claim
that Russia's military is heroically "liberating" Ukraine from
fascists.
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2022-02-24 8:04 Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Jacob Hrbek
2022-02-24 17:00 ` Devin Ulibarri
[not found] ` <Yhh7tevsz3Ha5xY+@protected.localdomain>
2022-02-25 12:15 ` Devin Ulibarri
2022-02-25 15:32 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-02-26 0:48 ` Thomas Lord
2022-02-26 1:34 ` Should we take steps to reduce Russian access to Free Software? No J.B. Nicholson
2022-02-27 4:10 ` Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Richard Stallman
2022-03-01 4:59 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-01 7:52 ` Jean Louis
2022-02-27 4:11 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <35700904-028a-1dbf-3d48-0478701ae0f8@gmail.com>
2022-03-01 4:24 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-01 10:50 ` Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness gregor
2022-03-02 6:18 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-02 6:58 ` gregor
2022-03-03 5:07 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-03 13:51 ` gregor
2022-03-03 15:56 ` Devin Ulibarri
2022-03-03 18:45 ` Ole Aamot
2022-03-04 15:13 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-04 15:42 ` Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss
[not found] ` <c54b6cbc-a88a-3abf-2f60-b0fb2ca0d066@rixotstudio.cz>
2022-03-06 5:13 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-08 11:01 ` Jacob Hrbek
2022-03-08 22:50 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-09 16:20 ` Should distros take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Félicien Pillot
2022-03-09 16:43 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-09 18:03 ` Erica Frank
2022-03-10 16:01 ` Jacob Hrbek
2022-03-11 16:16 ` Matt Ivie
2022-03-12 5:27 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-12 17:48 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-12 18:53 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-13 3:52 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-13 9:51 ` Federico Leva (Nemo)
2022-03-13 15:07 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-13 17:33 ` gregor
2022-03-13 18:51 ` Miles Fidelman
2022-03-13 20:25 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-12 19:36 ` Miles Fidelman
2022-03-12 23:44 ` Getting the truth into Russia Akira Urushibata
2022-03-13 17:57 ` Should distros take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Jean Louis
2022-03-13 23:49 ` Ron Nazarov via libreplanet-discuss
2022-03-14 1:57 ` Akira Urushibata [this message]
2022-03-14 2:01 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-14 5:50 ` "Open Source" is vague term referring to guns, wine, spirituality, etc Jean Louis
2022-03-14 21:01 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-14 21:17 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-14 21:48 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-03-15 5:26 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-14 22:01 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-15 6:10 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-15 11:54 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-18 6:14 ` Valentino Giudice
2022-03-11 5:15 ` Should distros take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Richard Stallman
2022-03-11 14:36 ` knowledgeofnations
2022-03-11 15:03 ` Miles Fidelman
2022-03-11 18:22 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-12 16:55 ` Miles Fidelman
2022-03-08 23:22 ` Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness Matt Ivie
2022-03-09 4:21 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-30 22:44 ` Ole Aamot
[not found] ` <CAA+nH92ffd9PqZ0S=6tvJN4K+j64J4CU8AKwSPu=McWr=eZwww@mail.gmail.com>
2022-03-31 6:32 ` Ole Aamot
2022-04-01 4:11 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-09 8:05 ` Free software is not perpetrator Jean Louis
2022-03-09 15:21 ` Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness Federico Leva (Nemo)
2022-03-02 11:12 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-03 5:07 ` Richard Stallman
2022-03-01 17:53 ` Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software? Julian Daich
2022-02-24 17:10 ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2022-02-24 18:03 ` Aaron Wolf
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