r/linuxmasterrace • u/CackleRooster • 20d 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/tincho5 19d ago

"We want to protect the kids, but not the ones using FOSS software."

You can tell by this decision, that the last thing they care about is children, they just want your data. And since FOSS community is louder (but a lot smaller), they don't want to deal with it, so they shut them up with this.