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System76 on Age Verification Laws
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this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
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After reading that it sure seems like they said a lot just to say that in the end they’ll probably end up complying.
They outline the issues from their perspective.
What else should they do? Break their own licence model (which prohibits (geographic) discrimination) or break the law? It's either one of those two or comply.
That's an utterly ignorant statement.
To expect others, often volunteer, to take such a personal risk because the legislation in one part of the world is utterly fucked. How about expecting the people who actually live in the country and state and have a chance to influence those laws to step up their game instead of trying to tell third parties to take individual and personal consequence.
that’s a solution if you’re a hobbyist living in Kazakhstan, not if you’re a business operating in the USA (with multiple people and their families depending on you not screwing up)
Ok, then just start region blocking places with these laws. If the OS connects to the internet and sees it's in a banned region it locks itself down irreparably or deletes the network drivers and permanently blocks reinstallation. Region block all said regions from even downloading the install files. Put a legally valid entry in the EULA saying that use in those regions is absolutely prohibited without exception and any use by anyone is without the company's permission and all responsibility for that is on the user.
Thank you for distilling that.
Yeah I started reading, and it felt like one of those long winded recipe intros so I was like fuck this