> Free software is already mandated to do a lot of things, like not defraud the user.

Surely you recognize the difference between "you cannot go out of your way to do crime" and "your software must include this specific feature"??

> When you make food you're compelled to write the ingredients.

Well, the point about how this affects open source is that under a similar California law, every home kitchen would need to be equipped with an electronic transponder whose purpose is to announce to the world what ingredient bucket you used for tonight's casserole.