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Please stop recommending @opensuse for EU citizen they ARE NOT european but are owned by Novell an AMERICAN company

Also their licenses stipulate :

You acknowledge that openSUSE Leap 15.6 is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the โ€œEARโ€) and you agree to comply with the EAR. You will not export or re-export openSUSE Leap 15.6 directly or indirectly, to: (1) any countries that are subject to US export restrictions

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[โ€“] Bogus007@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Of course, but this has the potential to be a problem, as it's corporate-driven. Certainly, enterprises have the right to create their own distributions and even sell them, but I see Linux distributions as fundamentally community-driven projects. Corporate influence - whether through crucial software or participation in committees - risks shifting the balance away from community values, which is why I am against any corporate influence.