the kamala harris of going to bed at a reasonable timeRE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116264430375745593
thinking abt the timeline where the linux baddies got tshirts made that say ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA and MUST BE 18 TO READ THIS SHIRT like where is the fuck you make me attitude here
John Wilsonhow about instead of everyone does this shit you let them make linux illegal in california and see how quick the tech ceos show up at evil ken doll gavin newsom's chateau to get this shit reversed
Irenes (many)@kirakira yeah EXACTLY. it would not be a purely symbolic protest, it would be a way to achieve real change
ShadSterling@ireneista @kirakira a few distros have already excluded California and other jurisdictions with similar requirements from their license. I guess we’ll see if that ever makes it to court, but while I can imagine California could punish a user I don’t see how they could go after the OS publisher
the vessel of morganna@ShadSterling @ireneista @kirakira I wonder how those exclusions are considered under GPL or general "software freedom" terms
Thepi@astraleureka @ShadSterling @ireneista @kirakira For GPL, at least, my obligations to you are tied to you having a copy of the compiled binaries (or source, I think?) that you got from me. So if I refused to give you either because I think you're a Californian, I might be an arsehole but legally I'm in the clear.
@thepi @astraleureka @ShadSterling @kirakira we're not lawyers but we're not clear that that's how it works
lxskllr@ireneista @thepi @astraleureka @ShadSterling @kirakira
It's my understanding that the GPL requires absolute freedom to use code aside from the caveat that changes must be released with the same terms. Exclusions for any purpose violate the GPL
gaytabase@ShadSterling @ireneista @kirakira if they're in california they might well be able to... or the US maybe, i have no idea how that works.
@dysfun @ireneista @kirakira yeah, I was thinking of but failed to say OS publishers outside of California. Tho one inside California that excludes use in California in their license would be extra odd
crypticrainfallyou're reminding me that I meant to call my state reps to complain. gah, another thing on my to-do list.
Kallisti
Kallisti (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] There are good examples, though. MidnightBSD updated its license for example. This is the way. https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src?tab=License-1-ov-file&ref=itsfoss.com
Rhew
Z̈oé
Mike SiegelBroadcast message from root@server (pts/0) (Fri Jan 1 00:00:00 2027):
Sorry Linux is now illegal. To ensure compliance with California law, we are writing /dev/urandom to your partition table.
The system is going down forever.
Bimbo