FartMaster69 comments on California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

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)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah but today’s exemption is tomorrow’s loophole to be closed.

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[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ay? An exemption is not a loophole.

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right, it’s an exemption now.

But the age gate crowd will call it a loophole in the future.

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[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Moaners: this is terrible because there's no guarantee it will remain this way in perpituity

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

This isn’t a great thing happening, this is a slight dent being put in a terrible thing happening.

Do not confuse the two.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

it's not a 'loophole'. it's not an exception, either. it's a time bomb. if it becomes widespread, it's a literal death sentence for linux and foss on users' desktops.

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[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 points 1 month ago

A literal death sentence? Ok mate.

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