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valysre

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mshrief303 said:
Linus did expel russians who contribute to the linux kernel after NSA required him to do so, and that was well known incident. so he's not like what you portray him to be.
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Hence the "interesting things over the years." I'm aware of some of the things he says, but Linux and maybe Git deserve a Peace Prize.
mshrief303 said:
About Open-Source Software as a whole, USA will surely try to do so, especially that Open-Source have a lot of choke points like relying on github which was bought by Microsoft some years ago...
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Yes, surely China has no servers that maintain a mirror of important repos on GitHub, and it's not as if the repo management system Git is open-source... This is probably what US politicians think! They will surely try.
mshrief303 said:
I swear if they can do that without being hurt, they will do it, but they don't have the ability to do it cleanly like they want.
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Yes, I mentioned all of the things you say in a different post. The problem is that the decision-makers don't know how this stuff works, and they will absolutely give it a try even if they know that it would hurt them. I think you have a very optimistic view of the intelligence of US policymakers.
 
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mshrief303 said:
About Open-Source Software as a whole, USA will surely try to do so, especially that Open-Source have a lot of choke points like relying on github which was bought by Microsoft some years ago...
Unfortunately for them, they can get the results they wants, because China already has projects like Gitee which mirrors most of Open-Source Software available in github, and provide an alternative for Chinese developers instead of github or anything american.
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valysre said:
Yes, surely China has no servers that maintain a mirror of important repos on GitHub, and it's not as if the repo management system Git is open-source... This is probably what US politicians think! They will surely try.
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Sorry, I meant "unfortunately for them, the can't get the results they want..." and beside Gitee that mirrors most if not all Open-Source Software in Github, there's mirrors for other things, like there's a mirror for npm packages for china...etc. I've seen a lot of progress in this field in China, and even though I can't access all the data or follow the topic in detail - because I don't have time & can't speak Chinese - I know china is in a far better place than it used to be years ago.


About Linus, I thing there's something called "Turing award" for programmers? or something like it, I think he can get one of those or something equivalent, but people like him most of the time get credit after death. Love him or hate him, no one can deny his contributions to open-source communities, and he gave a lot of his effort & time for that.
Nevertheless, the expulsion of russian developers was very depressing and alarming to what will happen in the future.
 
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One day, a tiger was walking around to find something to eat, when he saw the strange animal. The huge newcomer frightened him quite a bit. He hid between the bushes to study the donkey watchfully. It seemed all right. So, the tiger came near to the donkey to have a close look. 'Hawhee!'—a loud noise burst upon, which sent the tiger running away as fast as he could. He could not have any time to think before he settled himself home. The humiliation stung in him. He must come back to that strange thing to see it through, even though he was still haunted by the terrible noise.
The donkey was enraged when the tiger got too close. So, the donkey brought his unique skill to bear on the offender—to kick with his hooves. After several bouts, it became very clear that the donkey's power was too much. The tiger jumped upon the donkey in time and cut its throat."
People are usually told the story to illustrate the limitations of tricks and trickery. Cheap tricks never last.
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