Please also available for Framework Laptop 12.
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Seams to some work done on the matter. Worth to keep an eye on.
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Whoops, I just saw that page myself and made a dedicated post! I agree, Iād like to see some movement in this matter.
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And in light of the new California law (and similar one coming up in Colorado), this type of work is much higher priority.
@Alex_I, which?
Legally mandated OS-level age verification: Bill Text - AB-1043 Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
@Alex_Shpilkin, why might that affect bootloader code?
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It wouldnāt; at the moment, even OS code it only affects marginally. But now that this ratchet has started turning, Iām not optimistic itāll stop here, given the fertile ground the two-decade-long āSecure Bootā efforts have created and the general lack of care for freedom of computing (or speech more generally) among the electorate in every relevant country.
@Alex_Shpilkin, what, exactly, concerns you, however? I ask because all that I see cited is a writ, enforcing region-specific KYC, at the level of the OS.
Certainly, any suit, which requires determination of what constitutes an OS, could force court to institute a test, to determine whether the complexity of bare-metal code allows it to be considered to be an OS, or inapplicable, lower-level code.
However, despite most EFI implementations being OSes by most empirical metrics, the corporate pressure, and sensibilities of any technically-competent counsel, err in the favour of a sensible determination of what is and isnāt one.
Please keep your off-topic discussion about what is an operating system and how open-source firmware for laptops is unrelated to that question in private messages. There are more than 150 people subscribed to this thread.
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