California is moving to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after facing backlash from the open-source community. The law, which was set to go into effect soon, would have required operating systems to…

The exemption is a significant victory for the Linux community, which had argued that the law would be impractical and potentially harmful to the development of open-source software. The community had also raised conc…

The age-verification law was originally intended to prevent minors from accessing certain types of online content. However, the law's broad language had raised concerns that it could be used to target not just commerc…

The law's requirements would have been difficult for Linux to comply with, given its decentralized and community-driven development model. The law would have required operating systems to collect and store users' ages…