On Wednesday, July 1, 2026 2:20:44 AM Mountain Standard Time Konstantin Demin wrote: > Let me add my two cents here. > > I believe that the engineering culture in FOSS should strive to stay > above political, religious, national, and other divisions. > > I am a citizen of the Russian Federation and currently live there. > However, I believe that my personal views, whatever they may be, > should not influence my work in FOSS or make anyone uncomfortable - > neither fellow engineers nor ordinary end users. > > I contribute to several FOSS projects, and my involvement doesn't > reflect my personal stance on any particular issue. I've communicated > with other contributors in project discussions and private > correspondence, just as they have with me, despite our obvious > differences. And throughout all this time, none of them, by word or > deed, ever put me in an uncomfortable position. In my view, this is > precisely how professional interaction should work: we focus on the > code, the problems, and the goals of our projects - and nothing else.
I agree strongly with the description of professionalism described above. I would hope that we can all exemplify it. -- Soren Stoutner [email protected]
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