cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 11 hours 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-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down11cross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
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minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·10 hours agoYeah but today’s exemption is tomorrow’s loophole to be closed.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoAy? An exemption is not a loophole.
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-up3·3 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-up2·41 minutes 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-up3arrow-down3·6 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-up3·6 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.