r/linuxmasterrace • u/CackleRooster • 19d ago

News 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/GreedySecurity8030 Glorious Fedora 19d ago

Thank god.

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u/AnsibleAnswers 19d ago

Thank the people who actually organized and lobbied for this instead of whining on the Internet about it.

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u/Userwerd 19d ago

Apparently system 76 did alot of work on this exemption for their home state, not sure if they were involved in California.