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this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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Russians can still contribute, they just can't be direct maintainers.
Nothing will likely change in the short term.
They can be maintainers if they can document that they are volunteers and do not work for any state sponsored entity. I don't know haw easy that will be in practice.
https://news.itsfoss.com/russian-linux-maintainers-geopolitics/
Didn't know that, but makes sense.
This quote from your article does nail the problem on the head though.
It nails a different problem on the head.
You don't have to convince the US government to allow you access to classified information, you just have to convince a lawyer that their (possibly non-US) client won't be liable in case you are lying.