cm0002 ( cm0002@lemy.lol ) to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month 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-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1529cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.dev
arrow-up1529external-linkCalifornia lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exemptwww.tomshardware.comcm0002 ( cm0002@lemy.lol ) to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month agomessage-square46linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.dev
minus-squareim_fine_sandy ( im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAy? An exemption is not a loophole.
minus-squareFartMaster69 ( FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoRight, it’s an exemption now. But the age gate crowd will call it a loophole in the future.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy ( im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago<great thing happens> Moaners: this is terrible because there’s no guarantee it will remain this way in perpituity
minus-squareFartMaster69 ( FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoThis isn’t a great thing happening, this is a slight dent being put in a terrible thing happening. Do not confuse the two.
minus-squareadarza ( adarza@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoit’s not a ‘loophole’. it’s not an exception, either. it’s a time bomb. if it becomes widespread, it’s a literal death sentence for linux and foss on users’ desktops.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy ( im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoA literal death sentence? Ok mate.
Ay? An exemption is not a loophole.
Right, it’s an exemption now.
But the age gate crowd will call it a loophole in the future.
<great thing happens>
Moaners: this is terrible because there’s no guarantee it will remain this way in perpituity
This isn’t a great thing happening, this is a slight dent being put in a terrible thing happening.
Do not confuse the two.
it’s not a ‘loophole’. it’s not an exception, either. it’s a time bomb. if it becomes widespread, it’s a literal death sentence for linux and foss on users’ desktops.
A literal death sentence? Ok mate.