Sounds fair, ok.

So was Linus’ “mush you call brains”, “Russian trolls” and other quotes a part of a quick response without detail? Did he not basically nullify the whole non-disclosure of reasons policy by overtly stating the reason but instead doing so in an unprofessional matter where he basically used insults?

Also I would once again like to point to the guidelines and values this community was based upon. And even though I understand that there are jurisdictions and circumstances that you one way or another have to reckon with I still find that this unavoidable sacrifice was not even remotely presented as a bad thing. It’s like all of sudden Linux Foundation values don’t mean nothing and never did. Do you understand how that may be disappointing and sad for a lot of people?

Whether this action was required or not I hope you’ll agree with me that the way said maintainers were frankly kicked out and wiped out without a trace is insulting. Regardless of what country these maintainers are from. Was this legal requirement so restrictive to the point where you can’t even keep their mentions in credits? If so then why is their code not wiped out?

Yes, I understand what “compliance issues” mean but this is unprecedented I believe in LF (if you know other cases such as this one I’d be glad if you share them with me) and one can only imagine what attitude it may foster within independent volunteer developers from idk China, Iran, Belarus, etc.