Dear Jörg, Note: this is my personal opinion and does not engage anyone else.
Whatever we think about the current situation, the 4 freedoms that define free/libre open source software absolutely forbid us, or anybody, to do that. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition Cheers, -- boris On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 1:28 PM <jkubitz-ecli...@gmx.de> wrote: > Dear fellow eclipse contributors, > > Russian invaded Ukraine. As a response international sanctions taken > place. > > Sanctions are not only done by governments but also by sports, business > corporations and individuals. I ask eclipse foundation to join sanctions: > > Please assist all efforts to stop that war by supporting the export > control of key technologies. > > > > In special Russia and China are trying to get independent from foreign > computers by developing domestic hardware platforms “Elbrus” [1] and > “LongArch” [2]. Those would bypassing hardware export control [3]. But > hardware is not enough. They also need software. And that is where eclipse > comes into play. Unless we explicitly support such hardware platform our > software won’t run on domestic hardware [4]. > > > > I do not like that the world is getting separated. It should be free and > united. We need to send a signal that open software is not used to suppress > people. > > > > Jörg Kubitz > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus_2000 > > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson > > [3] > https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwans-tsmc-says-comply-with-export-control-rules-russia-2022-02-25/ > > [4] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=578951 > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >
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