Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 14:43:43 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <10u03i7$4nle$1@dont-email.me> <10u2bjn$7tk9$1@dont-email.me> <6a07822e$0$3165$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <9cgldmx07m.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6a083913$0$7108$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <20260516181827@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.114.251"; logging-data="8620"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <20260516181827@news.eternal-september.org> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86821 On 2026-05-17 00:21, Roger Blake wrote: > On 2026-05-16, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> You still have to abide by a law, the French law in your case. And the >> Linux distribution you have must include whatever is needed to abide by >> all the laws in the world, including the Californian law (and the French >> law). The system has to know the country of the user, and then, select >> the bunch of laws for that country. > > Actually you don't need to abide. Linux open source it would certainly > be possible to distribute forks with that garbage patched out. What > is needed is massive disobedience to the point where for the > enforcers it is like playing whack-a-mole. > That doesn't work if sites query for age and get no reply. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;