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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

The latest changes implemented in the Systemd repo, related to or prompted by age-verification laws, have made many people unhappy (I suppose links about this aren't necessary). This has led to a surge in Systemd forks during the last days ("surge" because there have always been plenty of forks). Here are some forks that explicitly mention those changes as their reason for forking (rough time ordering taken from the fork page):

Hopefully the energy of this reaction won't be scattered among too many alternatives, although some amount of scattering is always good.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -5 points 4 days ago

If we don't fight back they will become standard everywhere.

Instead of being mad at devs be made at those who passed and are considering passing age verification laws.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 points 4 days ago

SO WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU DEFENDING IT.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 days ago

I'm not?

I've been contacting my local reps like any citizen should do. Being mad at devs does nothing. Open source developers gets tons and tons of hate I don't need to contribute the shortage of FOSS maintainers.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 4 days ago

Your shitty misinformation meme post would certainly disagree.

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