your argument is an oxymoron. if the data is useful meta data, but the user can just put what ever they want as the date then it’s not storeing useful data. and that means it should not exist.
unless the point is to use it in the future where the user can’t enter what ever they want and thus legitimizes all the commotion.
You can also store an email there, so it can be found by other programs, but you can also leave it blank, or enter a fake email if you don’t want your email to be stored.
Given the open nature of Linux, I find it hard to believe they can lock it down like that.
The point is to comply with the letter of a shitty law and avoid volunteer projects getting killed by lawsuits, while being useless for tracking purposes.
This law was written by Microsoft lobbyists so they can sue desktop Linux out of existence, and this PR prevents that.
your argument is an oxymoron. if the data is useful meta data, but the user can just put what ever they want as the date then it’s not storeing useful data. and that means it should not exist.
unless the point is to use it in the future where the user can’t enter what ever they want and thus legitimizes all the commotion.
You can also store an email there, so it can be found by other programs, but you can also leave it blank, or enter a fake email if you don’t want your email to be stored.
Given the open nature of Linux, I find it hard to believe they can lock it down like that.
The point is to comply with the letter of a shitty law and avoid volunteer projects getting killed by lawsuits, while being useless for tracking purposes.
This law was written by Microsoft lobbyists so they can sue desktop Linux out of existence, and this PR prevents that.