California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
  • CactusEcho@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    6 minutes ago

    Why to specify the licenses? Why not all opensource software?

    If it’s public domain, is it required? If it’s EUPL, is it required?

  • Peacepath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 hour 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. Which make sure data collectors get to know all about them, and therefore doesn’t protect them… But am I the only one to see the commercial argument about to be used by MS, Apple, and others?

    • mrnngglry@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      37 minutes ago

      There are some steps you can take in Linux but there are also steps you can take regardless of OS. Gnome has built in parental controls. I’m not sure about the other DEs but Gnome has something. Browsers have had controls for a long time.

      For those so inclined, you can set up network wide controls via a PiHole instance. If that’s too restrictive, you can pick and choose your kids’ devices to apply the restrictions. That’s what I do. It was super easy. I just update the block list regularly and test it.

      As parents, we need to have some awareness of what our kids do online. I’m all in favor of making it easier for parents to do that and better educating parents on what is available.

      The big guys might advertise their “new parental controls” but I doubt they will be advertising against Linux and open source. I’m sure Apple will have a version of this that is slightly more privacy respecting than Microsoft and maybe they’ll advertise that. They don’t care about Linux though. Not from a competitive standpoint, not yet.

      • Peacepath@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 minutes ago

        I hope you are right.

        Yet do you know if the thing implemented by California would allow criminals to make sure that a kid is really a kid before they attack? Because if that is the case, and even if it needs a hack to do so, it may do the opposit of its aim.

  • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    2 hours ago

    better but still bad. hope it blows up in their faces in ways worse than i can even imagine.

  • Craccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Geez. Windows is just getting less and less worth it, even for more mainstream consumers.