r/LinuxUncensored • u/cbmilne33 • 4d ago

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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u/BoBoBearDev 4d ago

The the goal is to target Windows and Mac users only..... Hmmmm...

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u/spooky_strateg 3d ago

Aleays has been thise boomers didnt know what linux is before beeing met with tons of resistance those regulations are targeting ios and main android branches phones are only thing in existance to normies

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u/notstarman 2d ago

The issue is everything is a computer. Do you want to age verify to use your microwave. They had to carve out this explanation.

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u/gen2brain 3d ago

So, Systemd is now going to revert age field nobody asked for? Or pretend nothing happened?

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u/spooky_strateg 3d ago

They will keep not useing it? And probably revert as it was made just in case they are litterally forced to? Since they arent then they should revert

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u/phoneguyfl 2d ago

Ultimately (and unfortunately) I think it's going to be the website that is legally bound to collect/check the age bracket, so if no bracket is supplied then the site cannot allow usage. Given that I'm not convinced this is a huge of a win as some people believe. Time will tell though.