California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law
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SteamOS could still be affected
    • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I think you’re missing the fact that open source OSes are explicitly excluded in the version of the law that’s currently being discussed.

      • Teknikal@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Yeah but they will be roped in along with vpns etc, but there still will always be a distro based somewhere they can’t force it.

        • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          So you’re saying that despite them excluding them now, they’ll include them later, but it doesn’t matter because it’s open source…?

          I mean, I don’t disagree that it doesn’t matter, but why would they go to all the effort of excluding them now just to include them later?