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Also affects application developers

Posted Mar 11, 2026 22:47 UTC (Wed) by WolfWings (subscriber, #56790)
In reply to: Also affects application developers by dskoll
Parent article: California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions

It doesn't even separate out python (the interpreter) versus a python script that uses Tkinter to provide a full GUI interface, under a raw enough reading it appears it would apply to both the interpreter on loading the script AND the script to have to query this nonsense.

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Also affects application developers

Posted Mar 11, 2026 22:52 UTC (Wed) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

Also, this part is curious:

"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.

So, hypothetically, if you made a web browser plugin that let people access gambling sites on the Dark Web that aren't normally accessible... your plugin wouldn't need to worry about the user's age? Or, you could make a shared library that grants access to age-restricted material, but because the code runs "exclusively within a separate host application" you're OK? The law as written is a complete dog's breakfast.