Not such a bad idea
Not such a bad idea
Posted Mar 12, 2026 16:52 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)In reply to: Not such a bad idea by jzb
Parent article: California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions
Actually, it depends on your interpretation of the subordinate clause. Here's the text:
"Application" means a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.
You are taking the "that can access..." clause to modify "Application". However, I read it as modifying "a computer, a mobile device, or any other general computing device that can..."
If the word "and" had been inserted before "that can", then the "that can" clause would unambiguously refer to the "Application". As it stands, I believe it refers to the computing device.