California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

cm0002@lemy.lol · 11 hours ago

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world · 11 hours ago

So now 3rd parties who would leverage said age exemption can simply block Linux entirely holding up a shield of “compliance”

Lumisal@lemmy.world · 9 hours ago

Counter point - now open source stuff can advertise as not needing age verification, which would probably be a plus for people looking to buy say a smart bulb.