cm0002@toast.ooo to Linux@sh.itjust.works · 20 days agoCalifornia makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.mlpoliticaloptimism@piefed.socialOpenSource@europe.pubopensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.devlinux@programming.dev
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minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up24·20 days agoI’m skeptical that this is a win, I think just means Linux will be “DRM’d” from using any services that require age verification.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 days agoFurther, this is temporary. Anyone wanting to skirt the law will just use Linux, and eventually there will be a lot of public cases and this loophole will be closed with all the institutional support Microsoft, etc., can muster.
minus-squaretomatoely@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoIf it really comes to that I hope Valve lawyers the fuck up so it gets to fight this
I’m skeptical that this is a win, I think just means Linux will be “DRM’d” from using any services that require age verification.
This a feature, not bug.
Further, this is temporary. Anyone wanting to skirt the law will just use Linux, and eventually there will be a lot of public cases and this loophole will be closed with all the institutional support Microsoft, etc., can muster.
If it really comes to that I hope Valve lawyers the fuck up so it gets to fight this