cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 1 day 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-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1826arrow-down11cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.dev
arrow-up1825arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exemptwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 1 day agomessage-square97linkfedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mlopensource@programming.dev
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah but today’s exemption is tomorrow’s loophole to be closed.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoAy? An exemption is not a loophole.
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 hours agoRight, it’s an exemption now. But the age gate crowd will call it a loophole in the future.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours ago<great thing happens> Moaners: this is terrible because there’s no guarantee it will remain this way in perpituity
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 hours 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@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·22 hours 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@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·22 hours agoA literal death sentence? Ok mate.
Yeah but today’s exemption is tomorrow’s loophole to be closed.
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.