California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
  • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    3 hours ago

    Their websites and services will ask for age verification and Linux will not provide it.

    Therefore Linux systems will be barred from using online services. You will need a proprietary spyware OS in order to continue banking, citizen. Please drink a verification can to continue.

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      There’s nothing preventing Linux from giving online services a random age. Being exempt from the law just means we don’t have to implement real age verification.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        14 minutes ago

        Nothing yet. Just give it a year or three before those age attestations given to websites have to be cryptographically signed by a corp.