Most of the internet runs on Linux and the money involved is enormous. So yes, of course it will get pulled into politics.

In the past, with this trade war Trump started, the US could just ban software/hardware from going to say China. Now no more. Also since Linux is free and the source is under the GPL, no way to stop it from being used everywhere.

I wonder how long it would take to try and shutdown the GPL and maybe impose a kind of governmental type permit to view/use Open Source Software.

Already we have had github locking out some people due to where they live, I am sure that will expand. That is why I think we need a networked Source Code Control system that cannot be influenced politically.