Haha, I received a similar off-list reply.I deeply sympathize with Greg-kh's situation and his unspoken difficulties, although I don't understand why the MAINTAINERS file, as part of the kernel code, should be off-limits to non-maintainer developers, especially when this clearly isn't just about 'modifying the MAINTAINERS file.'
If any Linux developer tacitly approves of this, they're essentially giving a green light to some shady political actors from a certain country to coerce people into betraying it's constitution.
That's absurd. Again, my heart goes out to all (including Greg-kh) that affected by this.
I mean no offense to anyone, but this action will completely destroy the trust that developers worldwide have in the Linux kernel project and the entire Linux Foundation, and the politicians forcing you to do this clearly don't care about that.
To avoid becoming pawns in a political game and to prevent alienating all the developers who have contributed to the Linux kernel, I sincerely suggest that you maintainers revert this commit and promise not to do something like this again.
And I urge everyone who agrees that this is unreasonable to reply to "[PATCH] Revert "MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements." with their own "Reviewed-by".
Remember: What sets humans apart from animals is our undying spirit of resistance. We cannot be domesticated or tamed by others.
Finally, I'd like to share a quote from Norse mythology: Only warriors who die in battle are worthy of entering Valhalla.
-- WangYuli
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