Re: California law CA AB1043

On 2/26/26 1:48 PM, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> How about refusing to bend to bureaucratic tyranny and respond with
> ban from the Open-Source side in such cases right from start? Give
> them finger and they will take the whole hand next.. unless it's the
> middle finger and blessing to build their communist utopia on their
> own. They can steal what is free but they cannot force us to work for
> them for free. Whole Open-Source community should stand united and
> strong against this nonsense.
>
> They for sure know reaction of the free crowd, and they have already
> planned some sort of business behind this. We are their asset, and our
> consent. Do not consent.
>
> Let thinking people leave and see what happens next. Socialism turns
> communism when there is no more other people money and there is no
> food left. We had that in Eastern Europe, but some people need to feel
> on their own four letters.
>
I'm not sure what that would even look like.  Do we make a new modified 
BSD license that includes a clause preventing the use of software in any 
jurisdiction with similar age verification laws?  If a developer is 
outside the US, they can probably just ignore this. Inside the US, 
without a clause banning use, I am concerned that I or say the freebsd 
foundation could be sued or fined by the state of California.