People required to comply [LWN.net]

People required to comply

Posted Oct 23, 2024 18:34 UTC (Wed) by MarcB (subscriber, #101804)
In reply to: People required to comply by npws
Parent article: Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

> However I also wonder which specific sanctions might be applicable to someone holding a maintainer role.

That really is the question. At least for EU sanctions, I do not see anything obvious. You could maybe interpret providing authenticated GIT access as "making available an economic resource". The only exemption here is for registered telecommunication providers.

But maybe US sanctions are broader.

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People required to comply

Posted Oct 24, 2024 18:22 UTC (Thu) by MarcB (subscriber, #101804) [Link]

To answer myself:

US sanctions indeed appear to be broader and explicitly go both ways:
"These prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person."

The last part would obviously cover maintainers, but really all contributors.