California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/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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Triumph@fedia.io · 12 pts · 7d
Which means it is absolutely not about the children.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 7d
How long before microslop tries to insist it's actually open source?
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 1 pts · 6d
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.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 7d
They are simply splitting it into step 1 and step 2.
cornshark@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6d
So does this mean Android is exempt?
Salvo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 6d
Only the open source versions, like Graphene.
IANAL.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 1 pts · 2d
I suspect it means that, like the age verification requirement itself, no one really thought this through.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7d
Yet another reason to not use windows.
Ptsf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7d
Well, at least they're not being entirely stupid, just mostly.