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
AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
    5·
    14 hours ago

    So if you want to protect your kids from adult rated content, and you live in California, you need to buy a propietary system.

    That’s not at all what this means. You’ve always been free to add any additional parental controls to your kid’s devices, and that hasn’t changed.

    • Peacepath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      12 hours ago

      I know it is not the aim, I am concerned by how it may be used against free softwares… once more, I hope I am wrong.

      Also, I am concerned by the loss of freedom involved by this policy. And I don’t think it is made to protect any one, just to restrict and control.