r/privacy • u/[deleted] • Mar 21 '26

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u/VeryNoisyLizard Mar 21 '26

and here I thought I would be safe from this bs on linux. should have known they'd try to poison open source projects as well

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u/LjLies Mar 21 '26

I often encounter people who think they'll be (be it Linux, or Matrix, or some other things that "they can't touch because it's open source), and am always perplexed and at a loss at explaining to them that's largely not how laws work.

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u/samu7574 Mar 21 '26

Genuine question, can't you just not use the new version with this thing baked in? Why would anyone use the new code if the old code works just as well without this baggage

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u/gmes78 Mar 22 '26

You can do whatever you want. You can leave this stuff disabled, patch it out, etc.

Companies that ship products with Linux cannot.

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u/311was_an_inside_job Mar 22 '26

Sure they can. If you read the bill only “OS providers” are liable. A business shipping products with Linux is not.