Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free beer’
What&#x27;s really the most disgusting thing here to me isn&#x27;t just the sanctions and laws around them, but the fact that these laws have so much weight behind them, as compared to others.<p>Compare this to any number of other egregious events - like the latest rounds of personal data exposure from various corporations on the front page all of this week - and the fact that things like that have zero repercussions for the corporations who failed to secure our data.<p>Expose the PII of millions of citizens - zero punishment or repercussions. But oh no, if you happen to have someone in Iran working on your project, then watch out!<p>Why is there such a gaping, borderline incomprehensible, asymmetry here?