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SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Exemption on age verification for Linux operating systems

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Exemption on age verification for Linux operating systems

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SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
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    If you marginalize it so its no longer usable on the modern web to do all the things you need to do… Then yes, thats the same as effectively killing it.

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      Although I’m sure Red Hat and Ubuntu will implement it eventually to keep their enterprise clients compliant.

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        Which compounds the problem.

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