[fsckboy]

>doesn't mean I'm in support of bans like this without a reason

You're saying that you don't trust Torvalds. I do trust him.

Linus said there are legal reasons that involve laws and lawyers and he's not going to go into more detail on the internet. If you had responsibilities to other people as Linus does, and those responsibilities included discussions with attorneys, you'd be a fool to talk about the details i public, so your personal needs in this matter don't see important to me.

He also says he's not US but Finnish, and given the history of Russia's attitude toward Finland, he's fine with it. He also says that what's involved here is not simply US law or policy, so laying the blame for this on the US is misguided.