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How Linux developers defeated the new OS age-verification laws (blazetrends.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world

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The coordinated effort worked. When lawmakers finalized Colorado SB26-051, they added Section 6-30-105(e) to the text. This specific clause waives compliance for operating systems and applications distributed under licenses that allow copying, modifying, and redistributing without platform-imposed technical restrictions. Why the Section 6-30-105(e) Exemption Protects Decentralized Tech

This exemption establishes a formal legislative precedent for the tech industry. It legally shields free and open-source operating systems from hardware-level age attestation laws that closed ecosystems like iOS and Windows will soon have to follow.

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[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly the faster they try to lock us out of the web the sooner we can get a second, freer web with card games and prostitution.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

So just like the old net before Google, Meta and Amazon :)

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Like putting too much air in a balloon!"

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Like a balloon, ...and something bad happens!