netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements."

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Message-ID: <87bjzay7f6.fsf@vps.thesusis.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:56:45 -0400
From: Phillip Susi <phill@...susis.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Tor Vic
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various
 compliance requirements."

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read
> the news some day.  And by "news", I don't mean Russian
> state-sponsored spam.

I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that sanctions means you can
not buy things from them, sell things to them, or otherwise exchange
money.  It does NOT mean you are forbidden from emailing them or
mentioning their email address.

And even if, somehow, legally they must be removed from their maintainer
role, the commit doing it should still be clear.