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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Is GNU Linux actually an operating system? Yeah stupid question but since it's not a monolithic OS and it's made from lots of programmes you can change in between. Also is Arch or Gentoo system providers? They don't actually provide the OS but instructions on how to install it and a tool for that.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    Based on what I've read of the California law (AFAIK, the Colorado bill is nearly identical), Microsoft, Google, Apple, and vendors of other closed-source commercial software would be considered OS providers. However, vendors of FOSS OSes cannot control what changes the local administrator chooses to make to the OS. The "OS Provider" is the responsible party under these bills; for FOSS software, that person is the end user installing the OS, and not an upstream vendor.

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