cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 15 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-square69fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down11cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1624arrow-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 · 15 hours agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·14 hours agoYeah but today’s exemption is tomorrow’s loophole to be closed.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoAy? An exemption is not a loophole.
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 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-up5·7 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-up4·5 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-up3arrow-down4·edit-211 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-up4·10 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.