-=> bbsing wrote to MRO <=-
bb> Midnight BSD, is just updating their license info to exclude states and
bb> countries adopting such bills/laws.
bb> system76 is thinking, same as many others.
System76 has a bigger problem.
1. They have an OS offering.
2. They are based in Colorado.
So the Colorado law would impact them heavily.
They can fight it - which costs money.
They can move to another state - which costs money.
They can accomodate the bill - which costs money - and still leaves them open
to lawsuits.
bb> I was really hoping they would just say go to hell with such laws, and
bb> exercise basic civil dispobedence. That concept has proven effective in
bb> the past.
The fines are "company out of business" level fines. So civil disobedience
won't work with the gov't's deep pockets.
bb> I haven't heard much from OS users also to be effected by such a bill.
OS users aren't impacted as much.
For us, we'd just buy a PC from System76, wipe it (or get it clean) and load on
what we want. Like Midnight BSD.
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