Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems
New age verification laws in Colorado and California will exempt open source operating systems and applications. The Colorado bill, effective July 1, 2028, and the California bill, effective January 1, 2027, both include similar exemptions for software distributed under licenses that permit modification and redistribution. This distinction is expected to benefit Linux distributions and devices like the Steam Deck, while proprietary systems like Windows will still be subject to the regulations.
- Entities
- Platform: Steam Deck
- Company: System76
- Company: Valve
- Platform: Legion Go
- Topic: Open Source
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Age Verification
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