by hungryhobbit
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- I foresee a wave of new porn-related open source applications in Colorado's future.
- Good development, along with the most recent changes to https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...
A colleague is hosting a virtual session on these and other similar bills around the world in two days https://maintainermonth.github.com/schedule/2026-05-22-age-a...
Or, now slightly out of date, read https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/w... Added: I had not scrolled far enough on the front page, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214215 is on this blog.
- (5)(a) "COVERED APPLICATION" MEANS A CONSUMER SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT IS ACCESSED THROUGH A COVERED APPLICATION STORE AND THAT MAY BE RUN OR DIRECTED BY A USER ON A DEVICE.
(b) "COVERED APPLICATION" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
(I) A SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT DOES NOT PROCESS USERS' PERSONAL DATA; OR
(II) AN APPLICATION FROM A FREE, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CODE REPOSITORY.
by doginasuit
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- As someone working on an open source project in CO, this is a welcome fit of common sense. How do these laws typically work in other jurisdictions, do they block non-conforming sites? Or does it open you up to lawsuits?
Edit: It looks like these will be enforced by app stores primarily, and I'm guessing they won't take the effort to provide exemptions to jurisdictions with the open source carveout unless it is common.
by jdgoesmarching
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- I know this is attached to a stupid bill, but I really like the general idea of special carve outs for open source projects.
by denimnerd42
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- hopefully if each state starts crafting dumb laws like this they all get banned via commerce clause due to infeasibility of compliance
by hunterpayne
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- Contributing to an open source project is one of the very few things on the net that I actually would want id verification on.
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