RoseWe can just do the adult check thing the usual way.
thethunderwolf“Must be outside of California, Colorado, and Brazil to download or use this install ISO”
Peck
KindaABigDylWhy? As long as they release the source, it should still be good. Californians will just have to build everything themselves and risk breaking the law
They will make it so that “allowing users from California to download the OS (or code) from you is already a crime”. So for example canoical will have to geoblock californians from downloading ubuntu and any peer-to-peer downloads will be illegal anyway because fuck you.
Right. That’s the idea. Since Cali has a dumb law, it would be illegal to download Ubuntu in California. Californians follow their law, Ubuntu has to change nothing.
But how is that a license violation on Canonical’s part?
License? I never mentioned licenses.
Selling drugs is illegal because drugs are illegal. If a OS without age verification is illegal, then (depending on how stupid the laws are) having a site where you can download such a OS could also be declared illegal.
Basically force all providers of OSs to include verification or block downloads to those states, or face fines for “distributing illegal software”.
I am saying, if they are stupid enough to do X they might be stupid enough to try the even more stupid thing to achieve X.
That was the context of the comment you replied to. Not sure why you’re talking about something else
I don’t think you can restrict the usage geographically under LGPL. Oh course it’s unlikely to be enforced, but it’s license violation nonetheless.
Ah yes bc it says:
You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted under this License.