Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
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- dance_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish57 minutes
It’s not really a win though. It just means Linux will get blocked by platforms.
- 38 minutes
The fun part of open source is that someone smarter than me will inevitably just update the existing spoofing tools to include whatever checks those platforms are using.
- chrash0@lemmy.worldEnglish1 hour
oh wow gee thank you for not… [checks notes]… forcing open source developers to write state mandated spyware without compensation
- ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comEnglish37 minutes
“Thank you for not forcing me to participate in your getting-kicked-in-the-balls program… But perhaps just don’t?”
59 minutesI would not accuse the legislators of any decency of thought only that open source would be far harder to police due to its more nebulous and intermingled path to the client with far less money at the end of it.
- 35 minutes
There may have also been some big money lobbyists from companies like Google, Amazon, etc, that pointed out how much money it would have cost their poor shareholders to implement.
