Re: My thoughts on OpenBSD

David Uhden Collado <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Oct 2025 02:16:00 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.advocacy
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Are you aware that minors browse the mailing lists?
> Are you aware that minors may download & use OpenBSD?

Don't tempt fate. Fortunately, the UK Online Safety Act (OSA) does not 
impose any specific obligations on the mailing list (as the only 
user-generated content is email) or the OpenBSD ports tree (as served by 
the project itself, CVS/AnonCVS, and read-only mirrors). However, some 
future law in another country or group of countries, such as the 
European Union, might require the OpenBSD project to implement age 
verification measures for subscribing to the mailing list or downloading 
certain software. What would the project do if this situation arose?