#CaliforniaLaw is written by people who are either very ignorant or very incompetent.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

They have assumed that all operating systems are like Microsoft Windows 11, Android, or iOS; and have written legislation for operating systems where people download glorified WWW client 'apps', from 'stores', which use 'accounts' that they have with vendors or Microsoft/Google/Apple.

But the legislation *as worded* *also* covers everything from #Debian and #Ubuntu through #Arch Linux and #MobaXTerm to #FreeBSD and #NetBSD and #OpenBSD; where users anonymously use package managers or ports systems to install applications, written by developers, on operating systems, from 'publicly available internet website' repositories.

There is no age field in the GECOS data in master.passwd(5) of course, and the reality is that no BSD or Linux-based operating system has this concept of apps/stores/accounts.

#MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #Unix #California #USLaw #AgeVerification #GDPR

#CaliforniaLaw is written by people who are either very ignorant or very incompetent.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

They have assumed that all operating systems are like Microsoft Windows 11, Android, or iOS; and have written legislation for operating systems where people download glorified WWW client 'apps', from 'stores', which use 'accounts' that they have with vendors or Microsoft/Google/Apple.

But the legislation *as worded* *also* covers everything from #Debian and #Ubuntu through #Arch Linux and #MobaXTerm to #FreeBSD and #NetBSD and #OpenBSD; where users anonymously use package managers or ports systems to install applications, written by developers, on operating systems, from 'publicly available internet website' repositories.

There is no age field in the GECOS data in master.passwd(5) of course, and the reality is that no BSD or Linux-based operating system has this concept of apps/stores/accounts.

#MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #Unix #California #USLaw #AgeVerification #GDPR

RE: https://indieweb.social/@jbz/116155308431972820

🚫 MidnightBSD bans Californians, it begins.

https://nitter.net/midnightbsd/status/2027101491211718765

#ageverification #osdev #opensource #bsd #freebsd #midnightbsd

RE: https://indieweb.social/@jbz/116155308431972820

🚫 MidnightBSD bans Californians, it begins.

https://nitter.net/midnightbsd/status/2027101491211718765

#ageverification #osdev #opensource #bsd #freebsd #midnightbsd

💥 MidnightBSD bans users from California due to the age verification law severe penalties in that state.

"Until we have a better plan, we modified our license to exclude residents of California from using MidnightBSD for desktop use, effective January 1, 2027.
This is due to https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3269704"

https://ostechnix.com/midnightbsd-excludes-california-digital-age-assurance-act/

#midnightbsd #freebsd #bsd #ageverification

1/2 California enacted Digital Age Verification Law AB-1043. Colorado may soon follow suit as may other countries and other US states. Some Free operating systems (from #MidnightBSD to a Free calculator OS) are responding by excluding usage of those operating systems in locations with digital age verification laws. It's a very valid strategy that attempts to protect the developers of these systems who often volunteer their efforts to support #FreeSoftware

I think 2026 is the right time to bring back BSDmag

https://archive.org/details/BSD_Magazine_11_2014/page/16/mode/1up

#DragonflyBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #MidnightBSD #RunBSD