Revise age verification terms for MidnightBSD

Posted by hpb42 10 hours ago

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Comment by rtcode_io 8 hours ago

They publicly map the free speech of the USA!

https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-to-track-hate/heat-map

Comment by esseph 8 hours ago

This age verification stuff is insane.

Fringe loonies have too much power.

Comment by johnisgood 8 hours ago

I suppose it has to do with saving their asses? We probably have to thank the Government for this, too.

In any case, it is indeed crazy. If I were to live by this >10 years ago I would not know anything about Linux or BSDs. Or programming for that matter.

Comment by stonogo 4 hours ago

Meta is putting a lot of money into lobbying for these laws, presumably because it's easier to change laws than it is to fix their business model, and they're probably tired of getting sued for COPPA violations.

Comment by carefree-bob 2 hours ago

Think of the children!!

spends time thinking of children having fun learning BSD

Comment by ducktastic 2 hours ago

I wasn't under 18 when I started playing with *BSD/Nix systems on my own, but how tragic that kids who would be drawn to understanding these systems are essentially 'outlawed' from learning them. As another HNer pointed out in a related post, I think this stems from not understanding the delineation between an OS/App/Platform.

Comment by whalesalad 7 hours ago

I genuinely don't know why these small niche software projects are even bothering to address this. Literally no one cares.

Comment by WhyNotHugo 7 hours ago

It’s a liability for them. They’re a small project and someone who just hates open source community projects can sue them out of existence for non-compliance.

Comment by cboyardee 3 hours ago

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Comment by phendrenad2 8 hours ago

I hope they're serious about this. Start suing people in California who post screenshots of MidnightBSD for piracy.