BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  CA bill No. 1043 age veri
De:       Dr. What
Data:     Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:55:00 -0400
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-=> bbsing wrote to MRO <=-

 bb> Midnight BSD, is just updating their license info to exclude states and
 bb> countries adopting such bills/laws.

 bb> system76 is thinking, same as many others.

System76 has a bigger problem.
1. They have an OS offering.
2. They are based in Colorado.

So the Colorado law would impact them heavily.

They can fight it - which costs money.
They can move to another state - which costs money.
They can accomodate the bill - which costs money - and still leaves them open
to lawsuits.

 bb> I was really hoping they would just say go to hell with such laws, and
 bb> exercise basic civil dispobedence. That concept has proven effective in
 bb> the past.

The fines are "company out of business" level fines.  So civil disobedience
won't work with the gov't's deep pockets.

 bb> I haven't heard much from OS users also to be effected by such a bill.

OS users aren't impacted as much.

For us, we'd just buy a PC from System76, wipe it (or get it clean) and load on
what we want.  Like Midnight BSD.

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