[thewebguyd]

FTA: "The code can't be merged into Linux kernel unless the contributor can verify they're not working in a sanctioned company of said country (guilty until proven innocent)"

That's explicitly not true, according to the Linux foundation. OFAC sanctions restrict providing a service, so here the violation would be two-way collaboration, not the receipt of information.

The kernel could review & merge the patch without running afoul of sanctions. What they cannot do is have dialogue with the sanctioned contributor.

Logic is not subject to sanctions, and anyone also may look at the submission and implement a matching fix.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/navigating-global-regul...