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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)

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[–] bonding259@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is only IF Gavin Newsom signs it. There's no reason to believe he would. It's not like he's famous for following what the people of California want.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Do the people actually want this? I assumed it was lawmakers serving oligarchs.