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		littlestymaar on July 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Kernel Engineer at Microsoft's Answer to “What D... Indeed, but as the world becomes less and less centered around the US, this effect will probably disappear soon: if a product is originally developed for China, not being able to sell it in the US isn't an issue.

segfaultbuserr on July 3, 2019 [–]

> if a product is originally developed for China, not being able to sell it in the US isn't an issue.

If it's a commercial product or an academic research project under national grant, it may be the case.

But for free and open source project, banning U.S. developers from participating is (still) suicidal.

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