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submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

Carl Richell, the founder of System76, has shared that Colorado's Age Attestation Bill (SB26-051) is set to be amended to exclude open source software from its requirements.

The proposed amendment would exclude open source operating systems and apps, code repositories like GitHub and GitLab, and containers like Docker and Podman.

We covered this bill back in February, when it made no such distinction. Carl has been working directly with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, the bill's co-author, to push for these exclusions since then, and it looks like his efforts are paying off.

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[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 26 points 2 weeks ago

It MUST spread. Like the article said, we should speak up and spread it anywhere we can. This is a good way to fight the legislation by playing by the rules

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