> The history will remember you for the actions that you've taken today, because everyone in the Free Software movement has a major role in the capability of russian military in this war.
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@kreyren There was similar controversy during the Trump presidency, regarding the use of free software by the U.S. border services. I'm not sure how deeply split the "free software" and "open source" camps are, but the open source camp concluded that the 5th criterion of the OSD would not be satisfied by any licence banning that agency's use of the software. I imagine the same reasoning applies to bans on Russia's use equally.
@khird i see, i do not support such blocking, i am only concerned about software that can be used in a major war and war crimes.
@kreyren http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8106 is an Open Source Definition author's statement on the controversy.
It appears I slightly misremembered the details - the ban actually targetted companies who did business with border services in a sort of second-order boycott, not the government itself.