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 (DIR) Post #B6eWpVzArIEe23ZUi8 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #Linux #OpenSource
       
 (DIR) Post #B6eXpqV0gpcdbkBTn6 by DiogoConstantino@masto.pt
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       @gamingonlinux this is not enough... It also leaves out some distros such as those who use trademarks as part of their licensing schemes (RedHat, Ubuntu, Suse, etc...)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ebS08Xbbb6MgYmIK by bweller@mstdn.social
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       @gamingonlinux any age verification is badthe previous state of affairs was "no age verification"this is objectively worse, as there is now "some age verification"some > 00 < somei dont know how else to stress thisif one says, ah but open source still has none.. that's the equivalent lie to starting the graph at a non-zero value to change the proportions between two things. it's a textbook example of moving the goalposts
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ebgsgnZqpvbvg9hI by dummzeuch@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux so, what about Android? The exemption could partly apply to AOSP
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ekUw0uI5yC28SknA by plantagolabs@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux Year of the Linux desktop (?)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6etlo4uQRvnIOCmuG by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @gamingonlinux Good.Another problem with these laws remains unsolved, however: they require *all* apps (except open source ones) to request information on the user's age, but do not specify what apps are supposed to do with that information.For apps that are required by law to block children, it's obvious, but what about the calculator app? Children aren't prohibited from doing math.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6evgGfhP32I9Btrqy by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinuxThem: Be reasonable! Meet us in the middle! Us: <Take a step forward>Them: <Take a step backward>(Repeat)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6f294tOsLQljpQhFo by grumpydad@infosec.exchange
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       @gamingonlinux I'm sure Lennart will be reverting those commits soon /s
       
 (DIR) Post #B6f3BtKcPod0hn4AW8 by elle@weathered-steel.social
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       @gamingonlinux @carlrichell thank you to everyone who helped push for these reforms to the age verification bills.ideally, age-verification at the OS-level, and the related push to age-verify everything should be abolished entirely. absent that, I am happy to hear news of these small victories
       
 (DIR) Post #B6fG78zM4fPxDlBePQ by sb@metroholografix.ca
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       @gamingonlinux Just when we thought the "comply in advance" assholes couldn't look any worse...