other_catLinux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
Echo DotSo what’s the point in the bill then? They’re prepared to accept that open source solutions don’t have to implement it then they have to accept that the whole idea is daft anyway.
Not exactly. They can always take this one step further and make it more difficult to use anything but closed OSs for fundamental applications, like banking.
These laws should hopefully be struck down as unconstitutional because of their invasion of privacy(a violation of the 3rd and 4th amendments) and a general violation of the first amendment.