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Colorado Age Attestation bill gets amendments to have open source excluded (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/freesoftware@lemmy.zip

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 23 points 3 weeks ago

Its not enough, and it wont be enough unless the bill is completely eradicated, and then laws are in placr that make OS maintainers and developers not responsible for the actions of users that happen to be using their software. This shit is a corporate attack by Zuck and his festering ilk to avoid responsibility on their own platforms. Fuck them, fuck anyone 'lawmaker' willing to entertain the idea. Do better, fucken educate yourselves. Its 2026 computers are going to reach the 100 year mark soon. You have no excuse for this level of ignorance when you aren't slaving away 9-12 hour days everu day like we are.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

Better but still not good

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What exactly qualifies as an open source OS Just an open source kernel and any amount of included proprietary apps?

Does having any binary blobs in a kernel mean it is not actually open source?

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Today’s compromise is tomorrow’s loophole.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

When it comes to age verification we need as many loop holes as we can get