Post #1598408
2026-04-23 15:47 UTC
Carl Richell, founder of System76 and Linux version Pop!_OS, is proposing an amendment to Colorado's age verification bill to exempt open source software.
The amendment would exclude open source operating systems and apps, code repositories like GitHub and GitLab, and containers like Docker and Podman.
Richell is scheduled to appear before Colorado lawmakers today, April 23, and asks for backup in the form of stories about kids who have built or made things thanks to unhindered use of open source software.
https://itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-attestation-bill-open-source-exemption/
#AgeVerification #Colorado #Linux #PopOs
Replies (2)
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online 2026-04-23 23:34
@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party @troublewithwords@wandering.shop soooooo kids using commercial OSs didn’t do that?
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@burnoutqueen@todon.nl 2026-04-23 15:50
@Guillotine_Jones I did so many cool things with Linux as a kid