Will Russia Hard Fork Linux? (youtube.com)
Russia's ministry of digital development processes proposed the hard fork in response to this US action (banning Russian devs from Linux Kernel). Large sections of the Kernel (driver stacks etc) no longer have trained maintainers on them.
So Russia protects free speech whistleblowers like Snowden, and now might host non-controlled free software? One possibility is that Russia builds a state monitored backdoor Linux fork. But another possiblity is they build a free and open one, and thus supplant the US as a defender of liberty in some domains.
Will China, India, Brazil coders work on the Russia fork or the US one? Only Americans would be limited from participating in such a global Linux project, because they live under this exective order.
Linus Torvalds also seemingly stands to lose cred over his statements as well. He is/was the most prominent member of the Linux community.
Why Were Russian Programmers Banned From Linux, But Not Huawei Employees? (youtube.com)