Carl Richell, the founder of System76, has shared that Colorado’s Age Attestation Bill (SB26-051) is set to be amended to exclude open source software from its requirements.
The proposed amendment would exclude open source operating systems and apps, code repositories like GitHub and GitLab, and containers like Docker and Podman.
We covered this bill back in February, when it made no such distinction. Carl has been working directly with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, the bill’s co-author, to push for these exclusions since then, and it looks like his efforts are paying off.
Absolutely. It’s incredibly easy to get on an actual direct phone call with a state rep. You can get the cell phone numbers of mayors, sheriffs, or pretty much any public official with a bit of digging and willingness to speak to their assistants a bit.