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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

People put doom on microwaves, I'd call that general purpose computing.

After reading that.. it only pertains to commercially licensed?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Well its stupid broad, but I don't think they can even pretend to do things to non commercial products (as in not a product). I think this will just end up like the cancer warnings, companies will just put the label on everything.

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