02-02-2025 00:59 via yro.slashdot.org

US Blocks Open Source 'Help' From These Countries

Wednesday the Linux Foundation wrote that both "regulatory compliance" and "increased cybersecurity risk" were "creating burdens...that must be met" for open source communities.
And so, as Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes, "the Linux Foundation has released a comprehensive guide to help open source developers navigate the complex landscape of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions..."These rules, aimed at achieving economic, foreign policy, and national security goals, apply
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