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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 days ago by ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Apparently this will include Linux...

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[–] Archr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean sure, if you ignore the 2 words just before what you quoted.

"distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developers".

I don't know that I would consider curl as "distributing" software. But as always it depends on how the court interprets it.

Full section for context:

(e) (1) “Covered application store” means a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developers to users of a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing that can access a covered application store or can download an application.

(2) “Covered application store” does not mean an online service or platform that distributes extensions, plug-ins, add-ons, or other software applications that run exclusively within a separate host application.