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Fedora To Have a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" For Contributors
An anonymous reader writes "The Fedora Project is now going to enforce a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy for contributors. What the project's engineering committee is asking their members to conceal is a contributor's nationality, country of origin, or area of residence. There's growing concern about software development contributions coming from export restricted countries by the US (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria) with Red Hat being based out of North Carolina, but should these governmental restrictions apply to an open-source software project?"
If contributing to open source projects is wrong, then I don't want anybody to be right.
...and an equally-long history of being illegal and getting people thrown in jail or slapped with fines. "Noble cause" isn't a defense in itself.
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
Want to have a shot at being able to fight for justice? Keep your mouth shut.
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