On Mon, 2026-03-02 at 10:23 +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 10:10:24AM +0100, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote: > > On 01/03/2026 21:00, Aaron Rainbolt wrote: > > > Recently, a new law was passed in California that requires OS vendors > > > to provide some limited info about a user's age via an API that > > > application distribution websites and application stores can use. > > > > A simple and easy solution: update the Fedora homepage and add the > > following: "Not for use by children in California, effective January 1, > > 2027". > > That would be imposing additional restrictions on open source > licenses, which we cannot do. But we may block California from our > infrastructure, like we do for some countries (recently, ban on Syria > was lifted by Fedora). > If someone smuggles Fedora iso into California despite blockage, it's > not our problem.
You would not be imposing a restriction, stating that the program does not conform to specific provision of a law is not a restriction in itself, you are not changing the license to say that children can't use the program. That statement would just inform the user of what they can do based on local law, and laws always prevail on what copyright licenses say. Otherwise even adding controls to then operate differently based on age could be seen as imposing additional restrictions, but it is not so. > But of course I am not a lawyer. And that is why we should not speculate here and ask one if there are doubts about applicability Simo. -- Simo Sorce Distinguished Engineer RHEL Crypto Team Red Hat, Inc -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
