userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd
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Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.

  • Geki@lemmy.ml
    453·
    2 days ago

    Why do the rest of us have to have this shit added in our systems just because some Yankees (and Brazil) passed some bills? My country has already said they won’t be doing any age verification shit. I’m starting to think there’s some big conspiracy here that FOSS isn’t as independent as we believe it is.

    • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.zip
      71·
      2 days ago

      FOSS isn’t as independent as we believe it is

      Some parts are indeed sponsored by corporations, that’s not a bad thing per se because financial support is important.

      Problems arise when corporations push changes solely for their own interest instead of the benefit of the community, this PR seems to be that case.

    • jefferyjefferson@lemmy.org
      64·
      2 days ago

      Unfortunately, the internet at large has been embracing cuck behavior and capitulation for years.

      They are genuinely excited to be a bunch of scared little bitches eager to please their masters.