On 1/22/26 10:03, Robert Schöftner wrote:
Am Donnerstag, dem 22.01.2026 um 13:17 +0000 schrieb andy pugh:
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260122051205
Page 2, line 17.
If this passes then we would probably have no alternative but to not
allow the use of LinuxCNC in Washington State.
I see no way at all for LinuxCNC to comply. But I also see no way at
all to prevent the use of LinuxCNC in Wa.
obviously I am not a lawyer, but IMO linuxcnc is no "machine" and this
text seems to be concerned with "machines". In some sense, software (at
least the source code) is "speech" and should have first amendment
protections in the "land of the supposed-to-be-free". cf. the PGP
situation ~30years ago which was classified as munitions and they tried
to export-control it as such.
This will probably be more of a problem for Tormach and in general all
CNC machine tool vendors.
I PITY all manufacturers of machine tools and 3D printers if this insanity
passes. What about slip-ups? How about if some machine builder has
implemented the required filter and had it tested by some agency, and then it
is found that a ghost gun part was made on that machine because the software
FAILED to detect it? What about guys who make airsoft gun parts? Those would
LIKELY be refused. I can imagine a case where a shop buys a new machine
specifically to make airsoft guns, and it refuses their G-code. Then, they sue
the manufacturer or the dealer of the machine. UGH!
Jon
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