The coordinated effort worked. When lawmakers finalized Colorado SB26-051, they added Section 6-30-105(e) to the text. This specific clause waives compliance for operating systems and applications distributed under licenses that allow copying, modifying, and redistributing without platform-imposed technical restrictions. Why the Section 6-30-105(e) Exemption Protects Decentralized Tech

This exemption establishes a formal legislative precedent for the tech industry. It legally shields free and open-source operating systems from hardware-level age attestation laws that closed ecosystems like iOS and Windows will soon have to follow.

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[–] 26 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

You know ... now that open source is officially a legal loophole, I could see this making it more popular.

New reason to use Linux: You're 13 and you want to look at boobs on the internet, but other operating systems won't let you.

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