Comment by pocksuppet
1 day ago
Debian, Fedora et al. will just comply. It's really no problem to do so - it just requires an age input on the user creation page, and for that to be saved somewhere. Porn apps mustn't work if the user is under 18, but I don't think they distribute porn apps.
If you build your own operating system out of open-source parts, then of course you don't need to comply with consumer product law, since you're not making a consumer product.
If you import an operating system from outside of the US and sell it, responsibility for compliance is on you, like any other imported consumer product.
Debian has not signaled compliance and current discussion on the mailing list seems to be against it.
NixOS does not plan to comply.
OpenBSD will not comply.
Gentoo devs don’t seem to believe it applies to them since they technically just provide a blueprint for you to build a system from source.
FreeBSD seems to be leaning against compliance.
System76 PopOS seems to be willing to comply with California but no states that require attestation like the NY bill.
Omarchy is aggressively noncompliant.
There will be many options.
I wish the widespread fervent hatred against the "user is over 18" checkbox was applied to, like, Cloudflare captchas, or something that actually matters.
Cloudflare does not force FOSS devs to implement changes and accept potential legal liability, while opening the door to future legislative spec-by-fiat. There is a world of difference.
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I would not want any open OS to comply. Time to stand up.