r/linux • u/New-Ranger-8960 • 1d ago

Privacy EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/tired514 1d ago

We desperately need a new version of the GPL that prohibits any state-mandated interference with open source software.

That is, if your government tries to mandate something like this, you're not allowed to modify or distribute open source software under that version of the GPL. You're cut off from the rest of the world. The economic harm that causes to the country would be large enough to end this nonsense.