c/politicaloptimism · by bibbasa@piefed.social · 2dCalifornia 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-exemptAB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act. 47 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
6 Comments
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2d
"Excuse me gentlemen, the servers in the AI datacenters run Linux, so they would need to be exempt."
No problem. What else runs Linux?
"Yes."
northernlights@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 2d
Well we don't see good news every day.
rimu@piefed.social · 3 pts · 2d
!positive_rss@crust.piefed.social fill yer boots, mate
Z745812939054@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2d
lol as if it would matter if they didn't
EnsignWashout@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2d
Yes. It's good news, but also, we were going to have non-compliant pro-freedom builds anyway.
It's nice not to be forced to choose between the moral option and the legal one.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
Pretty big FU to microslop an apphell