My gut reaction to this is that there is something seriously wrong if special clauses are required. Why should open source get special treatment, to me that just highlights that the law is utterly ridiculous.
[−]roosterIllusi0n · 2026-08-30 Sun 08:42 UTC ·
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Technically opensource stays the same. The special treatment is for closed source OSes that get an additional legal protection for their datamining. We should not be passing laws that legalize the datamining of people.
[−]forestingfisher · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:37 UTC ·
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It’s about to get so much worse before we get any kind of meaningful change for the better. Buckle up