Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 13:50:48 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 12 Message-ID: <20260515135048.00002a0e@gmail.com> References: <10u03i7$4nle$1@dont-email.me> <10u2bjn$7tk9$1@dont-email.me> <6a07822e$0$3165$426a74cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 20:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="538402"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+EHzqsfPbU+fhPTjT6wlmOlyXEVAw030Q="; posting-host="ca39e59551a7ded8b747492e060d325e" Cancel-Lock: sha1:wcqtIPnw6Wd+Kq49hYhcINJDZ/A= sha256:DaOJRNWPoCtyJ4/KnmJryvDEjcaLMeXUG0dOtHUQhrw= sha1:8IbX/ZpXru0YaI8s4yKED68EWXk= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86712 On 15 May 2026 20:29:34 GMT St=E9phane CARPENTIER wrote: > I really like to know how a distro would be able to force age > verification on my computer. I mean, it's Linux, it's FOSS and every- > thing, it's not Windows or Apple. So what could they do to stop me to > revert any option they put in place?=20 It's a 100% guarantee that the people who wrote this into law have no idea how to answer that question, and very likely that they have no awareness of the question itself.