Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Mar 7
Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
Show threadRamon Fincken 🇺🇦Mar 7
@catsalad mine is legal. #ubuntu
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Mar 7
@ramonfincken They already added it? -_-
Show threadRamon Fincken 🇺🇦Mar 7
@catsalad really? Where
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Mar 7

@ramonfincken Oh, nevermind.. They are discussing it

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043510.html

On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

Show threadRamon Fincken 🇺🇦Mar 7
@catsalad USA......
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/os_age_verification/
US state laws push age checks into the operating system

: Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS

The Register
Show threadToni AittoniemiMar 7

@ramonfincken @catsalad Servers: I run an operating system too!

Will California obey the law and inspect all the data centers in California on Jan 1st 2027? 🤔

Show threadThepiMar 7
@gimulnautti @ramonfincken @catsalad 'We had to remove Ansible from our cloud deployment as it is fourteen years old and therefore not old enough to access GitHub.'
Show threadElvith Ma'for

@thepi @gimulnautti @ramonfincken @catsalad Docker is 13 years old, Kubernetes 12 years. Now you also can't do GitOps anymore.

Oh: What age do current AI crawlers have? Just asking for a friend...

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