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zarzavattoday at 6:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

A cynical person might suspect that the reason they are doing this is so that Linux developers don't have standing to challenge the law on 1st amendment grounds...


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cucumber3732842today at 7:21 PM

Nah, you're not cynical enough.

This is the classic "what we're trying to do is bullshit on a fundamental level so we're gonna just exempt random things until it becomes a niche issue and we can just do what we want and from there we'll just close all those exceptions over time" move.

Give it 5yr and you'll have idiots in the comments talking about how the "linux loophole" was a mistake and should be closed.

Source: history

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SilverElfintoday at 7:02 PM

That’s exactly what it is. It removes standing, and that is a major flaw in our legal system. We need significant changes to defend constitutional rights properly.

anigbrowltoday at 8:11 PM

LEarn to take a win as a win. People who are unable to look at anything without seeing themselves being scammed are clinically paranoid.

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