cm0002@toast.ooo to Open Source@europe.pubEnglish · 13 days agoCalifornia lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exemptwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@sh.itjust.workslinux@lemmy.mlpoliticaloptimism@piefed.socialopensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.devlinux@programming.dev
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exemptwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@toast.ooo to Open Source@europe.pubEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@sh.itjust.workslinux@lemmy.mlpoliticaloptimism@piefed.socialopensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.devlinux@programming.dev
minus-squarecornshark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoSo does this mean Android is exempt?
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoOnly the open source versions, like Graphene. IANAL.
minus-squareWesternInfidels@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 days agoI suspect it means that, like the age verification requirement itself, no one really thought this through.
So does this mean Android is exempt?
Only the open source versions, like Graphene.
IANAL.
I suspect it means that, like the age verification requirement itself, no one really thought this through.