Ariadne Conill 🐰
a fairly detailed analysis of the california "age assurance bill" by fellow #AlpineLinux contributor @RunxiYu
in practice i think it does not really concern #AlpineLinux
the intent of this law is clearly to go after operating systems with app stores
JdeBPIt concerns #AlpineLinux the same as it concerns every other Linux-based operating system that has a package management utility that talks to a public WWW site.
As I said at https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116156019252249071, and as @RunxiYu has also said, the statute as written covers all such systems. (It's an Act now, by the way, not a Bill.) Alpine Linux has a covered application store.
Here, for example, is what 'publicly available internet website' apk as the 'software application' uses to 'facilitate the download' of the third-party rustc 'application' from the 'store' in Alpine Linux on the aforementioned #mainframes used by the aforementioned naughty 16-year-olds in #California:
https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.23/main/s390x/
Yes, #CaliforniaLaw as written is this expansive. Yes, the legislators did not even consider how the BSDs and Linux-based operating systems work. None of the objectors apparently even mentioned how these work.
@RunxiYu @JdeBP I also don't really hate this law. I think it makes sense for consumer operating systems with app stores.
And, yes, I understand the law as presently written affects Alpine as we have legal nexuses with the state of California.
However, I also think between now and 2027, the current defects in the law will be corrected, and, most likely, some d-bus service will be created so that Alpine deployments with an App Store like experience can provide this data to apps that request it.
Those are unrealistically optimistic expectations of both the politics and the legislative procedure. This #CaliforniaLaw is nigh-on certain to come into effect as-is, come 2027-01-01.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116267717491590937
And at last count, #AlpineLinux now faces the same laws, with state-specific variations that are bound to introduce complexities, coming up in Colorado, Illinois, and New York. (I haven't directly tracked down the bill in any other states, but I've seen reports of at least one more.)
@RunxiYu
#NewYorkLaw #CaliforniaLaw #ColoradoLaw #IllinoisLaw #AgeVerification