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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Does this not just defeat the purpose of this bill? My god the people are so fucking stupid.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It would still affect Apple, Microsoft, and Google.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Yes but why is Linux special? You force all to comply or none to comply, that's why these people are fucking stupid.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    That's the thing. Linux isn't special. It is open source oses and applications where you have license to modify and redistribute.

    Probably because the law makers realized how hard this would be to enforce for open source.

    This would also mean that applications that are just source available would not get this exemption since the user is not typically allowed to redistribute.

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