A Linux Hardware Maker is Convincing Colorado to Leave Open Source Alone

submitted by cm0002 to linux 181 points | 4 comments https://itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-attestation-bill-open-source-exemption/ > Carl Richell, the founder of System76, has shared that Colorado’s Age Attestation Bill (SB26-051) is set to be amended to exclude open source software from its requirements. > > The proposed amendment would exclude open source operating systems and apps, code repositories like GitHub and GitLab, and containers like Docker and Podman. > > We covered this bill back in February, when it made no such distinction. Carl has been working directly with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, the bill’s co-author, to push for these exclusions since then, and it looks like his efforts are paying off.