Re: Age Verification laws

I think this stuff can be safely ignored until the chips fall into place.

The last thing that's needed in FOSS is making implementation decisions 
on a patchwork of badly designed legislation.

In a couple of weeks, California will probably come to the conclusion 
that age verification causes cancer.

--Pat

On 2026-03-02 11:25, Lucas Holt wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm the MidnightBSD project lead.  I've been trying to make sense of the 
> age verification law passed in California and up for discussion this 
> week in Colorado.
> 
> My interpretation of this law is that it needs to be implemented at the 
> adduser flow, not just for X11/Wayland use.  There were likely need to 
> be standard hooks somewhere for GUI apps to get it consistently across 
> operating system implementations but likely some of us will be rushed to 
> implement something to comply.
> 
> Here's the current plan I've developed. It's still a draft and has a few 
> issues, particularly with the group membership
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/ 
> d/1_NKq0bpN1pOrMpHePuilJY7saXqXqhss6LwPTC6nSto/edit?usp=sharing
> 
> I am interpreting app store to also include package repositories and 
> thus package manager integration is also needed.
> 
> I think the california law would not require actually storing the age or 
> date of birth, just the ranges.  However, I've been told that some other 
> states have laws that would require DOB so this plan includes that, 
> although I've not had time to confirm it yet. I've only looked at CA and 
> CO laws.
> 
> Apologies for the new thread, I just subscribed after someone pointed 
> this was being discussed.
> 
> Lucas Holt
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