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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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[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How some Linux developers defeated (for now) the new OS age-verification laws. Long live those Linux developers.

Because other Linux developers, instead, immediately bent over backwards to start implementing changes towards accommodating those laws.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Let's not misdirect peoples anger over age verification

The blame for age verification rests solely on the legislative bodies and the governors who didn't immediately veto it.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 21 points 1 day ago

They defeated one of the laws in one jurisdiction. The California law is still in place, international laws are still in place, and federal laws are being advanced.