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Hetzner is hosted in Germany. AWS is controlled by US company. US sanction laws are legal nightmare, quicksand that constantly changes. Major global infrastruc
by throw3748859 2y ago
Hetzner is hosted in Germany. AWS is controlled by US company.
US sanction laws are legal nightmare, quicksand that constantly changes. Major global infrastructure projects like Freedesktop should avoid US!
- voxic11 2y agoSoftware In The Public Interest Inc. (creators of free desktop) is incorporated in New York so they have to follow US sanction law anyways.
- Xunjin 2y agoMaybe it's time to consider changing it to another country which is actually OSS friendly and doesn't change all the time their politics. PS: Sorry for the off-topic discussion.
- rwmj 2y agoRISC-V International moved from California (IIRC?) to Switzerland for basically this reason.
- freedomben 2y agoIt's shocking and saddening to think one might need to change from the United States to some other country in order to seek freedom. But here we are
- rangerelf 2y agoThe USA being "Free" has mostly been a myth. It's "Free" if you're a member of the owner class, else you're freedom is subject to the whims of politicians and the wealthy. Aristocracy, really.
- freedomben 2y agoYes agreed, although I think it's worth pointing out that the same is true of virtually every other country as well. Historically at least the US (generally speaking, plenty of people are exceptions throughout the entire history) aspired to freedom and equality, despite falling short.
- rangerelf 2y agoTrue, but the spirit of the law died a long time ago, and the vision originally created by the founders has been distorted and "mythified" in favor of the desires and vices of monied interests.