Per the very first reply on their thread discussing it in their forums, which I linked directly to for the post title:
We’ll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.
However, what’s gonna happen should the attempts to age-gate the XDG portal screw over alt-init distros like Artix too? My guess is maybe they start blocking regions which force age gating like Arch Linux 32 is doing.
This sentence doesn’t give me confidence that they have read the law.
You can not comply with laws. Its how all piracy sites and most social media sites work
The law definitely doesn’t require OSes to require users to verify their age or identity themselves.
At least one of the laws made the OS responsible if the determined age is not correct, meaning if you don’t verify the age you may still be commiting a crime, even if it is not required
The Californian bill doesn’t. If you have knowledge to the contrary please provide.
I am confused on what you are trying to say, English isn’t my native language. Could you say what exactly the point of your comments is?
I’m saying that “We’ll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.” can be true even when they comply with the Californian bill.
Ah, I understand now. That is AFAIK correct, however complienace with the New York bill will be impossible:
Source - The bill
Possible. The NY bill leaves a lot to the discretion of the NY attorney general.
But yeah, seems a lot worse.