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Meldrik@lemmy.wtf to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

Linux in California is in deep trouble - The Bryant Review

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Linux in California is in deep trouble - The Bryant Review

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Meldrik@lemmy.wtf to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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Linux in California is in deep trouble.
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This new "privacy" law will require that all operating system providers must start collecting your birth date every app you install will need to ask your OS provider for that information. It's whac...
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    If a Linux distro is based on Californa, I can understand but Linux distros are generally free and under no obligation to follow California’s law

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    I think this is going to end up in the Supreme Court as a violation of the First Amendment because it’s compelled speech. Since code is speech.

    Edit: Also, since Linux is open source, it can very easily be forked out.

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      Terrible time for any case to being going to the SC

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        Emulator bleem court 2001 ruling on suicide watch rn

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      Who tf needs too? There’s thousands if distros by now.

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        And according to this crazy law, they are all subject to this.

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          so what

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    Imagine all your deployment pipelines will fail because docker images would be considered “os” and will ask for age on each build. That also begs a question what age is a robot account?

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      Definitely underage. So that’s child labor, we’re all going to jail.

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