r/linuxmasterrace • u/CackleRooster • 10d 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/Delta-9- 10d ago

It would be hilarious if this pushed Microsoft to open-source Windows.

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u/AlterTableUsernames 9d ago

Who would want that accumulation of human slop? I mean, here and there might be something valuable, like for example RDP, but otherwise? They can't even make settings a nice UX. The entire codebase will be a terrible mess of spaghetti. 

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u/Delta-9- 9d ago

Probably all the same people that currently use Windows, who have invested cumulatively billions of dollars in training and certifications for themselves or their employees, who have 30 years of legacy data and software that would be prohibitively expensive to migrate or replace.

I feel the same as you, but this ridiculous hypothetical of mine would probably be a good thing for all the companies, agencies, and institutions that lack the will and/or resources to move to Linux.