In case anyone is unclear, since I hear he's also campaigning on this Linux age-gating trash:

Bryan Lunduke is a fascist hatemonger. He represents the absolute worst in free software and I believe he should be ostracized from any and all parts of our community. He wants software freedom for himself and in the abstract but despises individuals expressing their freedom. He believes in a software freedom that is hollowed out and missing love.

@lukeshu @k3ym0 I don't really see this as a case where forking would help anyways. The problem is that the default is supporting the system I oppose. If someone were to fork, which I agree would be kinda pointless anyways, that doesn't solve the original problem: soon, the default for the Linux desktop is for age-gating to be supported and that's bad.

@attentionspantherapy not really a Sir but no worries, I don't like it either.

@flipper I mean, definitely could but defaults are a powerful thing in this world.

@oldoldcojote the OS asks at first boot and then would share the date (or a rough age) to every application on the system that asks.

@lukeshu @k3ym0 I don't think it's possible to separate them in the abstract. There is clearly a common intent and a belief that this doesn't work unless they're all merged.

@alice I really am impressed that I wrote something good enough for someone to share it with me unknowingly

I think I get some sort of angry FOSS activist sticker or something.

@crypticrainfall @smn @artemis I think you've volunteered to create and implement the plan

@jnfrd @praetor @artemis @smn the enforcers don't have unlimited resources. The AG of California isn't going to sue random distros because there's no benefit to doing so.

@tiotasram @ShadSterling @artemis @smn I think the warning on downloads is perfectly fine but let's step back for a second: which distros need to avoid liability?

Most distros likely don't, they have no assets or there's no organization to actually sue. A few distros have some assets but why would the AG ever consider suing them? And how would they prove the number of negligent violations? There's no centralized record of users.

Are there companies who might be at risk? Valve seems the most likely but the Steam Deck is a gaming platform in millions of houses. That's worth suing over. But why would they sue Canonical over Ubuntu? Are there even 100k kids in all of California using Ubuntu? I doubt it.

@jnfrd @praetor @artemis @smn it's definitely evil but I also think it's pretty stupid. These legislators basically created a mess with an impractical bill which literally every one them thought was cut and dry.

The result is the same, of course.

@lispi314 @Spirit I honestly doubt he is. I think he genuinely thinks he's protecting FOSS from being destroyed. He just doesn't see that he's doing just that.

@lispi314 @Spirit I'm not sure I understand what you mean

@mahadevank sure, anything is possible.

@grayrattus @frumble @artemis @smn make sure the dildo asks the users birthday first

@alice sometimes I am gud at writing

@gnoll110 1000% agree. We need to fight this shit with our last breath.

@dalias @artemis 1000% agree. It's shameful.

@gnoll110 I know that's a common attitude but in effect, kids who are honest get harmed by their computer. The operating system of a computer should never be designed to purposely harm you. I don't think that's the case anymore with Linux if this nonsense becomes a reality.

@artemis I don't know why.

And I'd say "why are people complying at all?".