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Linux Is Exempt From Colorado and California's Age Verification Laws - OSTechNix (ostechnix.com)
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  • California (AB 1856) and Colorado (SB 26-051) have enacted laws requiring operating systems to implement device-level age verification but have specifically exempted open-source software.
  • These mandates require "Operating System Providers" to collect a user's age during account setup and share a non-identifiable "age signal" with third-party apps.
  • Following significant backlash from open source community, both states narrowed their definitions to exclude Linux and open source software distributed under licenses that allow users to copy, redistribute, and modify the code.
  • While a pure Linux distribution is exempt, platforms like Valve's SteamOS may still fall under the mandate. This is because SteamOS ships with a proprietary storefront and client.
  • Similarly, while Android is technically open source, the version shipped on most phones includes proprietary Google Play Services, which would likely trigger the mandate.
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[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The people who wrote the bill, who I have actually spoken with rather than speculating, didn’t know what open source means. Like most normal people, they only know Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.

They do know open source is now, which is why they have started modifying the bill. I’m not defending it, but contex is important.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

While all of that is true.....you get how politics work, right? It's never a case of "here's the bill, the only bill, and now we all move on."

THIS bill attacks software. THIS bill isn't able to attack linux, because of the nature of linux.

There will be more bills in the future. They don't just give up. They keep attacking your freedom until ALL OF HUMANITY ARE LITERAL SLAVES.

It's take a little here, and let the masses adjust. Then take a little more.

Seperate the masses by dividing upon themselves. Get them to attack and hate each other.

Now they attack the weakest side. Then they get the strongest side to fight each other. Then they attack the weakest side.

Repeat until all of society are slaves. This will continue as these people grab more power.

Oh, it sounds unrealistic??? Imagine 10 years ago I told you the plan was to let nazis and pedophiles into power, so they could have a secret police force kidnap legal citizens off the street wearing masks and armed with guns into unmarked vans. Plus murder and protesters who stand in their way.

Does that sound unrealistic? Go ask Rene Goode, and Alex Pretti if it sounds realistic. Oh wait. You can't. They're dead from protesting ICE.

So yeah. I think it's perfectly justified to say they want 100% power, and they don't give a fuck about you or anyone else. And it all starts by taking and taking and taking. In small doses. And getting away with it. So they take more.