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·
    2 months 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·
      2 months ago

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