Post #1944976
2026-03-11 13:45 UTC
Considering only the age assurance laws of California, Colorado and New York, they already conflict with each other in multiple ways. An operating system trying to comply would presumably have to implement all of them and give the correct information when located in each place, yet also know to NOT give the information that is prohibited in that place. And the way these things are written, it's the COLLECTION that is prohibited, yet in other cases retroactively required.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00033.html
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@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com 2026-03-11 13:46
So how is any of this even technically feasible to implement just for those three let alone every other jurisdiction that has or will try this?
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@jherazob@mastodon.ie 2026-03-11 16:46
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com Earlier saw a mention that the System76 person is fighting for a FOSS excemption on the California bill, if that succeeds and becomes a precedent this would be only for commercial OSs, although even that is bad