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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

California makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.

www.tomshardware.com

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California makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.

www.tomshardware.com

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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

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

www.tomshardware.com

AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.

Let’s hope other states follow suit…

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That might well be the best thing that any government could possibly do to drive open source adoption.

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