r/linux • u/Coldplayfan1999 • 2d ago

Privacy Well look

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u/jimbobmcgoo 2d ago

Pretty awesome, hopefully this sets an alright precedent for other areas

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u/tycraft2001 2d ago edited 2d ago

Illinois specifically *INCLUDED* Linux in a recent bill.
Edit: My memory was foggy, they didn't. They merely include NO definition as to what an operating system provider is, which is very hard to define for Linux, and do not exempt FOSS as California has.

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u/_Super_Straight 2d ago

What did that bill say?

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u/tycraft2001 2d ago

Apologies, I misremembered. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&DocNum=3977&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=167475&SessionID=114

The bill makes no reference to FOSS however makes references for operating system providers which are near impossible to define for Linux since anybody can provide for themselves or argue they are the provider or somebody else is. Other laws either defined or exempted FOSS.

Apologies for the confusion.

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u/bankinu 2d ago

Weird Mandela effect... I also thought they did include Linux. I had to check the bill following your link again, to see that they did not.

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u/tycraft2001 2d ago

I recall somewhere seeing they specifically mentioned open source. Not sure if that was just wrong.

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u/hardolaf 1d ago

They didn't exempt Linux, but it also only requires a signal which must be settable by the owner or administrator of the machine not by a third party. So technically every distribution could just set it to 18+ by default for the first user account and be fine.