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.
  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    10 days ago

    I’m glad there are still options.

    Cynical me thinks this might make big software vendors marginalize or demonize these platforms further for not “verifying” their users.

    • heartSagan5@lemmy.zipEnglish
      81·
      10 days ago

      Oh, it’ll be just like the “anti-cheat” system, which screws Linux users.