RedHat/IBM does have an Illinois presence so will likely be compelled to add it to their distro, and will likely do it through systemd. So to avoid it getting into any consumer distro you'd have to ship a patch to remove it from systemd.

This is probably all completely irrelevant to StageX since it's a distro designed to be used in containers, AFAICT.

If you're in the USA or plan to visit someday, I would recommend you speak with your attorney before making such commitments.

Good news: the legislation doesn't target you as an individual.

       "Operating system provider" means a commercial or
  non-profit entity that controls the Internet-enabled device's
  operating system, including the design, programming, or supply
  of operating systems for the Internet-enabled devices.

> ”Linux distro founder here (stagex)… designed to work offline-first, with some variants not even supporting network drivers”

If your OS doesn’t access the internet or isn’t intended to run browsers / social apps, then you are outside the scope of this legislation. That would be a bit like requiring a toaster to ask for your age before letting you operate it.

Brother you are doing the worlds work stopping this type of "law".

If we don't like the law we keep doing the thing and enough people join and it gets changed to our liking.

i like the cut of your jib

They can stop you from doing any work on the project. They can even fine or jail you for work done after the law takes affect that the international committee doesn't allow. Which is to say you can be forced to stop work.

Though if you don't live in IL it is unclear how this affects you.

Just wait until all vendors are required to lock down their devices like Apple does. Apple has shown that it is possible, thanks Apple!

THIS. PLEASE THIS.

> Linux distro founder here (stagex)

What does it mean to "found" a Linux distro? Can you describe it?