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codazoda 6 hours ago [-]
Is this an effective CTA?
What types of negative side-effects would there be from an “open source” application that was free, open, and restricted entirely by license? Rather than “we make no warranty” the license says “you may not use”.
I’ve also had a few products I’ve released on GitHub as public but never assigned a license, which probably means they are proprietary, unless GitHub TOS says otherwise.
I realize each of these is a unique situation.
esseph 17 hours ago [-]
This age verification stuff is insane.
Fringe loonies have too much power.
johnisgood 16 hours ago [-]
I suppose it has to do with saving their asses? We probably have to thank the Government for this, too.
In any case, it is indeed crazy. If I were to live by this >10 years ago I would not know anything about Linux or BSDs. Or programming for that matter.
stonogo 13 hours ago [-]
Meta is putting a lot of money into lobbying for these laws, presumably because it's easier to change laws than it is to fix their business model, and they're probably tired of getting sued for COPPA violations.
michaelbrave 3 hours ago [-]
not fringe loonies, big business, Meta and Palantir (and others) are financially pushing for it.
carefree-bob 11 hours ago [-]
Think of the children!!
spends time thinking of children having fun learning BSD
ducktastic 11 hours ago [-]
I wasn't under 18 when I started playing with *BSD/Nix systems on my own, but how tragic that kids who would be drawn to understanding these systems are essentially 'outlawed' from learning them. As another HNer pointed out in a related post, I think this stems from not understanding the delineation between an OS/App/Platform.
cboyardee 12 hours ago [-]
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whalesalad 16 hours ago [-]
I genuinely don't know why these small niche software projects are even bothering to address this. Literally no one cares.
WhyNotHugo 15 hours ago [-]
It’s a liability for them. They’re a small project and someone who just hates open source community projects can sue them out of existence for non-compliance.
phendrenad2 17 hours ago [-]
I hope they're serious about this. Start suing people in California who post screenshots of MidnightBSD for piracy.
What types of negative side-effects would there be from an “open source” application that was free, open, and restricted entirely by license? Rather than “we make no warranty” the license says “you may not use”.
I’ve also had a few products I’ve released on GitHub as public but never assigned a license, which probably means they are proprietary, unless GitHub TOS says otherwise.
I realize each of these is a unique situation.
Fringe loonies have too much power.
In any case, it is indeed crazy. If I were to live by this >10 years ago I would not know anything about Linux or BSDs. Or programming for that matter.
spends time thinking of children having fun learning BSD
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