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California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

According to this website https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify

System76 also planned to implement age verification should the law pass. They did not claim that they'll relocate or re-register their company legally, or request their users upon installation to not use the OS in California/Colorado, or anything like that actually.

I think that's noteworthy. I personally consider it half a fight. Like, you create noise, but if boss says it's OK, you say "OK, you're the boss after all".

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

    Also makes System76's standing a little bit weaker in my eyes. Still *obviously* among the good forces, but they nevertheless gave in to the pressure around and were ready to comply.

    ... *slightly offtopic* I hate what the US / Donald Trump / Money power is doing with people and companies...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I find it interesting that the Greedy Old Pedo party is so willing to give up their anonymous gay porn surfing for a quick buck from telecoms. Then again, they have never been good at big picture or predicting completely forseeable outcomes.

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

    I mean they live and work there, and all business and contracts are done there. This is not an individual who can react and just go to a different country to live on, its affecting everyone in the company and all partners. Off course they have to comply if the law goes through. I personally don't blame them that they are prepaired for such a case, and do not downplay their work and fight because of that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Of course it's affecting everything. I'm not claiming that they're evil. But either them or their positioning, seems to be somewhat weak when given pressure. They're not standing on solid ground so to speak.

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