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.
  • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 days 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
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      6 days 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.