Colorado Amended SB051 (Age Verification Bill) to Exclude Open Source Projects

Post by ChucklsTheBeard » Fri, May 22, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC

floxy wrote: post #58

KAMSPioneer wrote: post #50

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But the text says "or," not "and." So by my interpretation if you process user data but are available via "free, public" repo, you're not covered. I presume "free" is defined elsewhere in the text, and that it approximates "open-source."

>(3) THIS ARTICLE 30 DOES NOT APPLY TO: (e) AN OPERATING SYSTEM PROVIDER OR DEVELOPER THAT DISTRIBUTES AN OPERATING SYSTEM OR APPLICATION UNDER LICENSE TERMS THAT PERMIT A RECIPIENT TO COPY, REDISTRIBUTE, AND MODIFY THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT ANY PLATFORM-IMPOSED TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE PROVIDER OR DEVELOPER ON INSTALLING ALL MODIFIED VERSIONS.

Post by tomhow » Fri, May 22, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC

declan_roberts wrote: post #82

tomhow wrote: post #67

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Please don't fulminate or use all-caps on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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