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Weird how the people who habitually complain about government are conspicuously silent when it delivers something they wanted.
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The bill exempts: > a person or entity that distributes an operating system or application under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software which at least doesn't choose specific winners and losers among licenses. It does disfavor license-free and public domain software, which isn't great.
> It does disfavor license-free and public domain software, which isn't great. Public domain software is free to "copy, redistribute, and modify", so ... where's the disfavour?
On the other hand a public domain dedication is a binding term that gives you permission (or license) to do what you want...
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> It does disfavor license-free and public domain software, which isn't great. Public domain software is free to "copy, redistribute, and modify", so ... where's the disfavour?
It only applies to software distributed under a license. Public domain software isn't distributed under a license. It's in the public domain; no license is needed.
Cool now let's exempt hobbyists from the 3-D printer must certify you are not printing gun parts pending legislation.
A quick search suggests that 3D-printed guns being used in crime is an actual, for-real, and growing problem. I take it that you wouldn't be OK with somebody building a uranium enrichment facility in their backyard for their hobby reactor. So there is a line to be drawn on where people's freedom to tinker ends; it's just a question of where you draw it. Personally, I think given there is an actual documented, non-iso…
I'm starting to warm up to this law. So many loopholes. Nothing to worry about. I think California's incompetence has finally progressed from "proposes bad laws" to "proposes and botches the implementation of bad laws"
The reality is that many people want bad laws. Without the support of those people one does not get elected.
This use of people for power while de-facto disenfranchising them is pretty widespread already. For instance, some half of California and Texas are responsible for their strength in the electoral college while simultaneously being entirely disenfranchised when electing the President. Good technique.
Weird how the people who habitually complain about government are conspicuously silent when it delivers something they wanted.
This is not a good thing, it's a very small patch for a very bad thing.
Or also BSD, ReactOS, hobby OS #24562 etc... ?