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cm0002@toast.ooo to Open SourceEnglish · 1 day ago

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

www.tomshardware.com

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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

www.tomshardware.com

cm0002@toast.ooo to Open SourceEnglish · 1 day ago
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
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  • cornshark@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    So does this mean Android is exempt?

    • Salvo@aussie.zone
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      17 hours ago

      Only the open source versions, like Graphene.

      IANAL.

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    1 day ago

    Which means it is absolutely not about the children.

  • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    How long before microslop tries to insist it’s actually open source?

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      Hey… if they want to, they are welcome to release. I’ll probably have a good laugh about it. I always wondered how much legacy bullshit they are still carrying.

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    They are simply splitting it into step 1 and step 2.

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    Well, at least they’re not being entirely stupid, just mostly.

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    Yet another reason to not use windows.

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