alt Hacker NewsThe person you replied to is using "could"/"could not" to mean "would comply with the law"/"would not comply with the law"
Nobody here is saying that anyone is going to swoop in and physically prevent this software from being distributed on the internet.
> Then the problem the legislators sought to solve just got a lot worse, while calling a lot of attention to how little power they actually have to control decentralized FOSS software projects.
The legislators who passed this don't give a shit about that. Their intended target of this legislation is mainstream devices and mainstream users.
Agreed. They are never going to actually come for niche Linux distros. All the more reason I am pushing back on all the fear.
The correct response from the Linux community is to say "fuck off", and get back to making their distros more secure, more private, and easier to use.