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Debian Project Leader Addresses New Age Verification Laws (linuxiac.com)
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Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille has addressed the ongoing debate over age-verification laws and their potential impact on free software operating systems. Long story short: he clarified that Debian has not adopted a position and is awaiting legal analysis.

In his latest “Bits from the DPL” message, Tille stated that the main question is whether operating systems and package distribution mechanisms might be required to provide age-related information to applications.

He noted that Debian and other projects are discussing the issue, and that Software in the Public Interest, a non-profit corporation founded to act as a fiscal sponsor for organizations that develop open-source software and hardware, has begun seeking legal guidance.

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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What else would you expect after FOSS was forced to deplatform and steal code developed by Russian contributors.

[–] someone@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I sadly don't know what this means! Oh, you mean Debian blacklisted Russian contributors but didn't rebuild the code and kept using it?