Damn 😱 imaging not being able to download your OS because of where you live right now ...

[superdicq@minidisc.tokyo]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social It's worse than you might think. The developer @laffer1@bsd.network didn't just add download restrictions (which would have been ok in my book), but they actually added this restriction to the copyright license of MidnightBSD as well, making the entire project nonfree software.

[sekerias@social.noleron.com]

@finlaydag33k

The more cannibals are in power, the more they want to protect children.
The best protection for children is put a bullet in the head of those creatures who write these laws and eat children on their private islands.

@nixCraft

[freekymage@ieji.de]

@nixCraft watched this video yesterday on how different distros are responding. https://youtu.be/bfj0wzclY0M

[simran@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft "We couldn't deliver your parcel because the driver failed the age verification at the doorbell"

[shaadra@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nixCraft

This is horrendous.

[phl@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft The world has gone completely nuts.

[toriver@mas.to]

@henrik @nixCraft Imagine if every user of an ATM or a parking payment machine had to enter their birthdate, or have to scan their ID…

[windofchange@mastodon.online]

@henrik @nixCraft I was thinking the same thing. I bet every californian has OS in every home appliance.

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@nixCraft https://

Another prime example of

What the liars, bullshitters and maga call land of the free.....

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[aakaynjl@social.vivaldi.net]

@nixCraft VPN

[grymt@mastodon.cloud]

@nixCraft it's important to protect kids from open source!

[poulet_benoit@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft

US people are so funny

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@nixCraft

And California of all places.

[melroy@mastodon.melroy.org]

@nixCraft fk age verification

[lil5@social.last.nl]

@nixCraft @janvlug “check out FOSS torrents” Torrent is the best way to download Linux ISO’s

[bartv@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft That's not 100% accurate - they're showing a warning but I don't think they're actively blocking anything? So it's more like the typical American legal bullcrap.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft is this real?

[penguintrinity@social.tchncs.de]

@agowa338
Thats basically legislator's and attorney generals seeking to control human behaviour. The #butthechildren argument is just a skape goat to implement the necessary legislature to collect the necessary data.

Its always a question of data, legislation, cost and time.

This is the cost-effective way of collecting the necessary data in a relatively short amount of time. Later its just a question of extending the legislation.
@nixCraft

[knapjack@snac.gruntle.cc]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social Looks like: https://natlawreview.com/article/california-introduces-new-age-verification-requirements-software-applications

[mxalba@blahaj.zone]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

Actually, I think this provides a nice little loophole.

The states in question oblige vendors to implement ID checks in their product. They don't oblige users to use an OS that has built-in ID check...

So with this move, a resident of these states who downloads and installs MidnightBSD is not breaking their state's laws, they're only breaking MidnightBSD's Ts&Cs. And MidnightBSD isn't breaking those states' laws either, because it specifically excluded use in those states in their Ts&Cs.