c/linux · by cm0002@toast.ooo · 7d

California makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.

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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8 Comments

4am@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 7d (5 replies)

I’m skeptical that this is a win, I think just means Linux will be “DRM’d” from using any services that require age verification.

schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 7d (2 replies)

Further, this is temporary. Anyone wanting to skirt the law will just use Linux, and eventually there will be a lot of public cases and this loophole will be closed with all the institutional support Microsoft, etc., can muster.

jerkface@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 6d (1 reply)

No, anyone wanting to skirt the law will say they are an adult.

schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 6d

The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age, setting AB 1043 apart from similar laws passed in Texas and Utah that require "commercially reasonable" verification methods, such as government-issued ID checks. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who authored the bill, said this "avoids constitutional concerns by focusing strictly on age assurance, not content moderation," in a press release. The bill passed both chambers unanimously, 76-0 in the Assembly and 38-0 in the Senate."

This is legitimately hilarious.

far_university1990@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 7d

This a feature, not bug.

tomatoely@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 7d

If it really comes to that I hope Valve lawyers the fuck up so it gets to fight this

bigmclargehuge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 7d

Thank god

nathan@lem.permisuan.com · 1 pts · 7d

Awesome good to hear!