I am not sure how this works

Posted Oct 23, 2024 8:27 UTC (Wed) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)
In reply to: I am not sure how this works by rgb
Parent article: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

For a full answer, you need to speak to your lawyer, not to random Internet commentators like me. As with so much in law, It Depends; non-sanctioned maintainers cannot do anything that provides an incentive for a sanctioned entity to engage in commerce, so it comes down to details. Pulling a fix for Intel's GPUs (given that Intel aren't sanctioned) is probably OK; pulling a fix for hardware made by a sanctioned firm is probably not OK.

Exact details probably need a lawyer's attention to each patch pulled, making it not worthwhile pulling fixes from linux-следующий or similar.