MidnightBSD 4.0.4 adds age verification, patches security flaw (alternativeto.net)

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[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

Wait what? Wasn't this one of the first projects to oppose the law by updating their license to ban California and Colorado residents? And they've caved already?

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 4 months ago

I thought they were lying!

They added a whole suite of things complying!

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

And this definitely wasn't an April fools joke considering it was posted on April 1st?

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nope, read the timestamp on Lucas Holt’s wiki: They’ve been working on this since March 16th!

[-] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

That's correct, although I'm not sure if that behavior is necessarily opposition. In light of this change, I'd say it could just be read as a sidestep.

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