@lianna @itsfoss It's not "Linus xenophobia". It's US sanctions. Linux Foundation, Linux infrastructure, and a lot of Linux maintainers live in US and must respect US law. The law does not prohibit Russians from contributing. The law does not allow employees of sanctioned companies to be maintainers. Russian maintainers that were not employed by sanctioned companies still remain maintainers. Linus et al did the bare minimum they were forced to do to avoid going to jail.