Even an open source program can be infiltrated by the CIA and Mossad just like any other western software and hardware company it seems. If the government is going to create compliance restrictions to control open source programs just like they do with everything else how can open source really preserve its own freedom and the freedom of its users? Would we need some based linux distro that has downloads hosted in a foreign country?
On another note, seeing Linus start repeating propaganda words to explain his compliance is just depressing. He is not a stupid man who suddenly forgot what open source means after spending his life creating it, we can only wonder what kind of leverage is being wielded against him. The pattern mimics Elon being dragged around to holocaust museums after he tried to take a hard line on free speech. Even the wealthiest elites are being controlled from the shadows and forced into submission in anticipation of our (((controllers))) new world war. Us goyim are expected to have our freedoms spit on if it provides even a slight benefit to them.
And to abstract even further, I hope this trend is a sign of the darkness before the dawn, it seems like the the united states government is weaker then it has ever been geopolitically. They are quickly running out of money, demand for us government bonds could collapse at any moment, we have fewer factories then our adversaries, and our military equipment that is our only asset left is probably not going to perform well against newer cheaper drones made in these new manufacturing powerhouses. These moves like infiltrating every technology company and banning the ones based in foreign countries now extending to open source might be a sign of desperation. When they're banning good tech that's how you know the US has fallen behind and is struggling to maintain its dominance. Good fucking riddance, let it burn to the ground.