How Linux developers defeated the new OS age-verification laws

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The coordinated effort worked. When lawmakers finalized Colorado SB26-051, they added Section 6-30-105(e) to the text. This specific clause waives compliance for operating systems and applications distributed under licenses that allow copying, modifying, and redistributing without platform-imposed technical restrictions. Why the Section 6-30-105(e) Exemption Protects Decentralized Tech

This exemption establishes a formal legislative precedent for the tech industry. It legally shields free and open-source operating systems from hardware-level age attestation laws that closed ecosystems like iOS and Windows will soon have to follow.

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If you’re providing it “voluntarily” it won’t fall foul of GDPR.

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There is something like that but I’m not sure it really has the force we all wanted it to. I don’t know if it’s been tested in court yet, but the optimistic people thought it would ban any kind of “be tracked or else you have to pay”, but I believe a lot of services are operating exactly this way.

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