Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.

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    3 days ago

    My inbox is flooded with doomsayers and fear mongering about how they’re going to kill Linux because of this and no matter how hard I tried to convince them that it would be physically impossible to enforce such a law/rule on open source software they just wouldn’t listen.

    Looks like the blokes in calif had to eat a lot of truth to come to this decision.

    O, before you comment I am fully expecting more doomsayers. So please enlighten me.

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      2 days ago

      A future Linux install prompt: “Which state do you live?”

      Everyone: Why, “California”, of course. Glad you asked.

      There’s no way to enforce age verification, like on websites or closed software, in even normal circumstances, but if it’s open source or offline how could you even begin to attempt it? It’s so silly.