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    [–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    He didn't call the maintainers trolls.

    In brief, the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel stated that the dismissals were simply made in line with the policy of sanctions on the Russian aggressors in the Ukraine war.

    Moreover, Torvalds didn’t pull any punches when he said “lots of Russian trolls” were working to make the recent decision look unpopular. Torvalds directly accused Russia of wielding its army of social media bots in an attempt to fake a grassroots campaign and reverse the Russian maintainer cull.

    This tracks with other Russian social media efforts.

    [–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    He did tho. I don't know where and why you've pulled these quotes from, when the original message is available publicaly, and where it's very clear whom exactly he accused.

    [–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 1 points 24 minutes ago

    In your own link he's referring to the people decrying the decision as trolls, not the maintainers.

    [–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    So I interpreted this interview the wrong way. This changes everything!

    Thank you for letting me know that I was making a misinformed comment. I'm editing it as we speak.

    [–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

    No, thank you for holding yourself accountable.