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Which law though? Which country/state/region? Does it even apply? We're talking about an open source project that is not being sold, with contributors from all
by wink 3mo ago
Which law though?
Which country/state/region? Does it even apply? We're talking about an open source project that is not being sold, with contributors from all over the world.
- ChocolateGod 3mo agoIIRC laws in some US states will require OS's to collect the age of the user so services can age restrict, it does not mandate any kind of ID verification. It doesn't matter it's an open source project, ultimately it ends up in commercial products which do require following the rules.
- LtWorf 3mo agoThe commercial products can patch it then if they so wish.
- ChocolateGod 3mo agoThe field does nothing when left untouched, which it is by default. If having the ability to set a piece of metadata worries you, don't set it.
- LtWorf 3mo agoOne field doesn't worry me. IBM being in charge of a core linux component does.
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- SAI_Peregrinus 3mo agoThe laws which any contributors to the OSS project are subject to. Some projects geographically restrict who can contribute to avoid issues like this, but when laws are passed by a jurisdiction in which existing maintainers reside those maintainers have the choice to either comply or move to a different jurisdiction. Moving is extremely disruptive & expensive, so they often comply.