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Colorado Age Attestation bill gets amendments to have open source excluded

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Submitted ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨GamingBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/colorado-age-attestation-bill-gets-amendments-to-have-open-source-excluded/

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So the future is open source or shit. I guess it’s an improvement.

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    • pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      🌏👨‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀

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      • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Lol didn’t have to go far to find this

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Certainly an improvement.

    Courts should still find it unconstitutional because software is free speech. I am all for advancing open source and giving people good reasons to switch to it, but not by setting precedents that governments have any business deciding what features software is allowed or required to have.

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    • FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Software is free speech?

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      • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Free speech is the right to distribute any kind of information, including software code in either source or compiled form.

        That’s what the legal analysis should be anyway. Whether it will be…

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  • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So it was never about protecting children. They saw the market share of Linux is so minuscule that it wouldn’t matter.

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    • Dadifer@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not for long

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  • Auster@thebrainbin.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Though still far from ideal, at least shows pressure helps!

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Weird

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  • AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Reminder, this is a “Blue” state.

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