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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[โ€“] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 38 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You can't spell "based" without BSD.

Also, that's pretty much the main reason why FOSS OS are better than proprietary ones. They'll just say "okay, I guess we'll just stick to free countries" (while subtly gesturing at the nearest VPN).

Meanwhile, Windows and MacOS are going to fold like origami.

[โ€“] mghackerlady@leminal.space 3 points 7 hours ago

OpenBSD did this because of cryptography laws and surprise surprise software written for it is now one of the vertebrae of our modern network stack