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cm0002 ( cm0002@lemy.lol )  to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

www.tomshardware.com

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California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

www.tomshardware.com

cm0002 ( cm0002@lemy.lol )  to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
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    New reason to use Linux: You’re seventeen years old and want to watch porn.

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      I remember installing Ubuntu when I was like 14 because my parents had so much shit on the xp partition they used. This was on dial-up and Ubuntu 3 or 4 or something.

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      U can also just go to yandex.com and use the image search or any other site not beholden to U.S. laws

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      That’s… not too far from how I got into it. My parents didn’t know how to find porn, music, or tv shows my my linux systems

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