Linux Bans University of Minnesota? An Academic's Response

In this video, I discuss my thoughts about Greg Kroah-Hartman banning the University of Minnesota from contributing to the Linux kernel. Being a Linux user and an academic, I feel like I can give a unique perspective to this matter.
Apparently this is a rather heated/controversial topic? Although I encourage debating the matter in the comment section if you feel obliged to do so, please keep comments respectful! Thanks!

Some helpful links that you may be interested in reading about:
The controversial article: https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf
The University of Minnesota Code of Conduct Integrity Misconduct Procedures: https://policy.umn.edu/education/studentconductcode-proc03

Article on the ban: https://news.itsfoss.com/hypocrite-commits/
Article 2 on the ban: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/22/22398156/university-minnesota-linux-kernal-ban-research
UMN researchers’ apology article: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/21/04/25/0243259/university-of-minnesota-researchers-send-apology-to-linux-kernel-mailing-list
On National Science Foundation Awards: https://nsf.gov/awards/about.jsp

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by Matthew Higgins

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