beep@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhen i go to linux to escape AI.... and linux is about to become illegali.ibb.coimagemessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageWhen i go to linux to escape AI.... and linux is about to become illegali.ibb.cobeep@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square70linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down1·6 days agoWhen Linux becomes illegal the internet ceases to exist. Show me 1 Windows or Mac powered network switch, router, edge firewall you’ve ever known. I’ll wait
minus-squareSualtam@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoOh they don’t want to ban linux. Just make you verify ID on OS level. Big server hosts can do that on linux too.
minus-squareVenat0r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·6 days agooh they’ll put a clause that allows for that, but only if it’s made in America and has a locked down bootloader…
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·6 days agoJust realized that would mean FLOCK dies. -several thousand downsides, but that- THAT would be an upside.
minus-squareLytia @lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 days agoYou assume Flock was ever legal in the first place
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 days agoLaws are for the poor, they don’t apply to the rich.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·6 days agoAlso, Android and Chrome OS are Linux distros.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoAren’t they mostly based on some sort of BSD (at least the smaller ones)? Would probably still not be legal in that scenario but I gotta be pedantic…
When Linux becomes illegal the internet ceases to exist. Show me 1 Windows or Mac powered network switch, router, edge firewall you’ve ever known. I’ll wait
Oh they don’t want to ban linux. Just make you verify ID on OS level.
Big server hosts can do that on linux too.
oh they’ll put a clause that allows for that, but only if it’s made in America and has a locked down bootloader…
Just realized that would mean FLOCK dies. -several thousand downsides, but that- THAT would be an upside.
You assume Flock was ever legal in the first place
Laws are for the poor, they don’t apply to the rich.
Also, Android and Chrome OS are Linux distros.
Aren’t they mostly based on some sort of BSD (at least the smaller ones)? Would probably still not be legal in that scenario but I gotta be pedantic…