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Linus is a U.S. citizen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
And finland citizen, dual. So not under us jurisdiction when not in us.
Then why, you think, did he have to remove U.S.-sanctioned maintainers?
In https://lwn.net/Article/995186 they say because linux foundation is based in US. Why the fuck they do that? You right linux under us jurisdiction.
Told you so.