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.
  • Peacepath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I would love to find good ideas for protecting digital freedom, and freedom in general. May we can assume that those who do not care about privacy aren’t using Lemmy… But I don’t know how to protect ours except by defending it as a principle that should be universal.

    And so a rule to restrict freedom except for us is not a good news to me. It is not as bad as if we were concerned directly, but it is still a step backward. Isn’t it?

    • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
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      11 days ago

      It certainly is. Rights for some and not others aren’t rights, they’re privileges, which we all know can be easily taken away.