Mastodawn

After seeing the recent #AgeVerification announcement and the capitulation from #systemd , I couldn't hold out any longer on addressing #OpenSource and #OpenStupidity.

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/41202

Now, the question is whether the issue will stay up long enough to make a point or see any joiners.

I took a slightly different tact than a straightforward attack on the decision.

Post some legal orginizational information, somewhere, or create it if there is none · Issue #41202 · systemd/systemd

Apparently, it's been decided to prematurely capitulate rather than look forward to any consequences. I think it would be wise to address the question of legal entity(s) and identify specifically w...

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LumiWorx 6d ago

It's no surprise that posting a #GitHub #suggestion and request to the issue queue at #systemd concerning #AgeVerification has been removed.

Not closed. Not responded to. Just plain deleted.

There was nothing in it to trigger a 'Code of Conduct' violation or being against the posting guidelines. They want zero discussions, period, and that means no public visibility either.

I am not a fan of obliterating important topics when they're uncomfortable to read.

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LumiWorx

To make it anything else, is to automatically open up the door to litigation. It seems that systemd has no formal and legal organization that is meant to represent the project against legal issues or to have any representation that could council anyone before leaping into this decision. If that is indeed the case, then there is unlikely to be any preexisting defense fund that is capable of taking on the legal battles that will be seeking whomever they can blame,

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