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The interesting part here is enforcement. Linux isn't controlled by a single vendor, so I'm not sure who the law would actually target.
by engzaanin 1mo ago
The interesting part here is enforcement. Linux isn't controlled by a single vendor, so I'm not sure who the law would actually target.
- edwinjm 1mo agoA Linux distribution is
- twothreeone 1mo agoSo presumably the next step is they move their servers out of the US and then DA's target the Linux Foundation directly (e.g., coerce the kernel to take a change by some Meta engineers that "attests" a device when said option is compiled in, then force it as default on.. so in Debian you'd get an "Illinois"-kernel variant). At which point the only move is to relocate the foundation to another country, which will then of course be hit by tariffs and sanctions.
- RealWed5 1mo ago"another country" is drafting this same law right now.
- twothreeone 1mo agoThere are 189 active legislative bodies to choose from; it's hard to imagine, but yes in the worst case they all fall in lockstep on this issue and none of them provide this kind of freedom. The obvious next step is to buy a remote island (better yet: some foreign body in Space) and form "Freedom (tm) Republic".
- RealWed5 1mo agoRemember that "pirate" guy buying an oil rig and building "freedom" crypto / torrent "country" there, with Datacenter running on the rig? That did not end well. Another case is Kim DotCom. And just look at the "success" of UK's freedom. TBH, we all are f...d.
- twothreeone 1mo agoYeah. This is basically why we need to "accelerate"..