displaced_city_mouse@midwest.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoCalifornia makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 day agoWait… So if Linux doesn’t have the api (sorry, the “signal” 🙄) how will sites that require it respond? What does it mean to be “exempt” - every user is considered to be an adult?
minus-squarebenjirenji@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoYou’re exempt from the service too probably.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·21 hours agoEhhh, honestly I’m thinking it’s more likely they’ll block you. That’s how these things tend to go in this age. Kind of like how more and more of the Internet just outright blocks vpns.
minus-squarebenjirenji@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoI mean that’s what “exempt” means in this context.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoOh I understand what you meant now.
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoAre you implying “exempt from the service” means Linux gets blocked?
Wait… So if Linux doesn’t have the api (sorry, the “signal” 🙄) how will sites that require it respond? What does it mean to be “exempt” - every user is considered to be an adult?
You’re exempt from the service too probably.
Ehhh, honestly I’m thinking it’s more likely they’ll block you. That’s how these things tend to go in this age.
Kind of like how more and more of the Internet just outright blocks vpns.
I mean that’s what “exempt” means in this context.
Oh I understand what you meant now.
Are you implying “exempt from the service” means Linux gets blocked?