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by jkingsbery 2225 days ago
Genuinely curious. What are these? I was hoping to find these in the article. The article talks about growing in Europe (which seems like it should be possible if the "base" is in North America but with a large EU presence) and working on "innovative new open source projects" which should be doable from anywhere.
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Barrin92 2225 days ago
>"innovative new open source projects" which should be doable from anywhere

not if you're an Iranian developer and shut out due to US sanctions, which someone like the Eclipse foundation would have to comply with if they were still located in the US.

A year or so ago Github had to shut out Iranian, Syrian and Crimean developers for example.

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jkingsbery 2223 days ago
Interesting, I hadn't thought about that.

My (limited) understanding is that US regulations are that firms that aid the government of Iran also are subject to sanction. If the move to Europe was primarily about allowing developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea to contribute, is there any threat to Eclipse's relationship with US developers?

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