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@navi@social.vlhl.dev @domi@donotsta.re @ska@social.treehouse.systems
I predicted the storm, as well as a systemd-aged, as well as the #GDPR angle, over a fortnight ago. It took less than a day from my post for the first person, in reply, to propose an actual such #AgeVerification dæmon.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116156028746782578
This clearly model legislation is also slightly different in different states, as at least two legislatures amended the original bill. Which is going to cause further problems.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116176048755057656
#ColoradoLaw #IllinoisLaw #CaliforniaLaw #USLaw #Unix
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I foresee:
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#Debian eventually following #MidnightBSD's lead and cutting #California off from #FreeSoftware; after lengthy mailing list discussions where at least one person tries to deny with convoluted nonsense the plain reading of the statute.
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A storm when someone points out that the #MobaXTerm version of APT isn't exempt, nor is RPM. (Goodness knows what IBM is going to do.)
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An even bigger storm when someone adds an 'age' field to systemd's JSON User Records, to be enforced and served out over Desktop Bus via a systemd-aged service or some such. Much fun if that someone comes from a #GDPR country.
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Some nutter taking a Linux distribution to court because it doesn't enable developers to control whether 16-year-olds can install rustc and busybox.
#CaliforniaLaw #Unix #rust #USLaw #AgeVerification #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD