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From: James Bottomley To: geert@linux-m68k.org Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:39:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.42.4 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They > > can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is > > provided. > > This is very vague... We finally got clearance to publish the actual advice: If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an OFAC sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, our ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, and you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file. > What are "various compliance requirements"? > What does "sufficient documentation" mean? The documentation Greg is looking for (which a group of Lawyers at the LF will verify) is that someone in the removed list doesn't actually work for an OFAC SDN sanctioned entity. > I can guess, but I think it's better to spell out the rules, as Linux > kernel development is done "in the open". I am also afraid this is > opening the door for further (ab)use... I agree we should have been more transparent about this but I think it would be hard for someone other than Greg to get a Maintainer removed on the "compliance issue" grounds so it's probably not that open to abuse. Regards, James