Comment by Quarrel
1 day ago
Android systems use Linux as their operating system, and the law applies to operating systems.
Android has associated app stores, therefore Linux must follow this at account setup ..
(I'm mostly hoping I'm just jesting here, that they'd surely not enforce it in this way, plus, who "provides" my Linux OS?)
In any event, it does seem like a very silly overreaching law, that should be highlighted, pointed out, and laughed at.
PS I have not read the law in question. I have read a PC Gamer article though, which is surely much the same.
Linux isn’t really an operating system but more the kernel of the OS. In this case, Android would be the OS.
Do you remember this copypasta?
https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/s/3nonwfDeyX
I remember it when RMS was shouting it from the rooftops.
I'm not sure that ART/Linux is any more catchy than GNU/Linux, but just as GNU wasn't the OS, neither is ART.
Don't get me wrong, these are all very silly pedantic arguments in the face of such a law.
Are you jesting? Honestly it could be. It's impossible to tell.