So like. This is good, full stop. The original law was poorly thought out and badly implemented from the get-go. But I'm not sure which is worse at this point, that California is still trying to make this happen for commercial OSs, or the gigantic loophole they just opened FOR those OSs.
No, it's the fact they're doing it at all. Fuck it, take the loophole. I can't wait to watch this shizz go down.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt
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