Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

Adenix NPSP <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:52:54 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Message-ID <CAKiotKwWTtr9u+aaQmgHF2RT5OLK_5nivbd+qwV8WeR99-NEfQ@mail.gmail.com>
>From the founder of Adenix:

This is J. Mazzullo and what I wanna say is that I do not approve of your
plans to add age verification to Debian.

I have already stated on my website (www.adenixgnulinux.org) that my
distros will NOT have any age checks and that they are not for use in
regions with OS age verification laws, so I request that there'd be a way
for providers of Debian-based distros to remove the packages involved in
age verification via root, as well as an option to blacklist certain
regions/states like California & Colorado.

As a American, I care about free speech in this country and I believe that
the recent age verification laws are unconstitutional.

Sincerely,

Adenix GNU/Linux NPSP