Post #638316
2026-03-09 21:51 UTC
Replies (16)
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@chip@talking.dev 2026-03-09 22:07
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Thanks for meeting with them. I've sent an email to my Co senator. Keep sharing and if there are other things we can do to help let us all know!
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@matthartley@fosstodon.org 2026-03-09 22:17
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Thank you and reshared with a reminder we must proactively call our representatives.
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@zero101@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 22:43
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Reasonable solution and good to hear!
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@Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com 2026-03-09 23:16
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Thank you for doing this.
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@bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com 2026-03-09 23:30
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org I think this is a start at least. The issue is what counts as open source? The real fix is to make parents be parents. They need to be held responsible for what their children do. It's crazy that it's not part of the conversation at all. We would charge parents with negligence and neglect if they were to leave their kids alone in a bad neighborhood. That is essentially what happens when you give them an Internet enabled device. We are making corporations arbiters of behavior and actions instead of individuals.
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@golemwire@fosstodon.org 2026-03-10 00:14
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/116201429639953387 Actually going to meet a co-author of that California bill is such a great move to make.
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@chriscochrun@mastodon.online 2026-03-10 03:28
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org that is awesome news! I know it isn't a clear answer, but thank you for moving the ball forward in this battle. Anywhere our voice can be heard we need to be loud enough.
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@developing_agent@mastodon.social 2026-03-10 04:24
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org I expect that even if you're successful, it'll only be temporary. Eventually someone will pass a law without the exception. This may also be a token effort, to try and make an unpopular law more easy to pass.
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@bzdev@fosstodon.org 2026-03-10 06:28
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org An additional reason to amend these age attestation bills is that Linux runs in products that people don't think are computers - like a sound system I have - it can play internet radio, etc., and has a processor inside running Linux, which saves the manufacturer whatever some other company would charge for an embedded OS.
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@ostechnix@floss.social 2026-03-10 07:22
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Thank you.
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@raritastic@mastodon.online 2026-03-10 09:00
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Hopefully the exclusion will include the UEFI too even though most are closed source (I know accounts aren't made in the UEFI but they can be password protected). Edit: these laws just shouldn't exist in general, no matter what exclusions exist.
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@ubu@floss.social 2026-03-10 13:23
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org If we can help from over here of course we will.
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@corbet@social.kernel.org 2026-03-10 15:56
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org Nice work! I've been bugging my own reps, but haven't even gotten a response from them so far.
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@dfs_comedy@mastodon.social 2026-03-10 17:38
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org It's good news for open source if that exception is made, but still bad news in general to force devices to do age-attestation in the first place. Then there are thorny issues like who decides what is open source? Do we really expect Apple and Google and Microsoft (likely the ones behind these bills in the first place) not to fight such an amendment tooth and nail?
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@till@ubuntu.social 2026-03-11 10:24
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org great initiative from you! Thanks a lot! (but such laws should really not get established in the first place)
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@odnankenobi@fosstodon.org 2026-03-11 18:12
@carlrichell@fosstodon.org #brazil Is facing a similar issue with our federal law. It goes into effect essentially this month, and we have no idea on how to even start to get to talk to someone at the federal level in order to make something like an exemption. I'm honestly worried about the perspectives for our local #FOSS communities, currently still trying to get in touch with everyone to at least check on what are the practical implications over here, and what are the real risks #Brasil