On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5/25/26 19:46, Peter Tribble wrote: > > Hi, > > > Just as a followup, it looks like some jurisdictions have managed to > > find some grounding in reality > > > > https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/ > > Not really. Please have a closer look at their actual exclusion clause. > It only applies to giftware, where the licensee has no obligations / > limitations whatsoever.
Not so. The exemption is for a license to "copy, redistribute, and modify" which is pretty much the definition of open source. Although it might exclude RHEL, for example. > I don't believe this is done by mistake. > > --mtx > > -- > --- > Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > Free software and Linux embedded engineering > [email protected] -- +49-151-27565287 -- -Peter Tribble https://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - https://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T9ab1e48b3bb383fe-M23d1fa641d419323be16b604 Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
