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Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux (itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 days ago by other_cat@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also germany too

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where are you getting this information from, that Germany is requiring age verification on an OS level?

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From the law:

§12 Jugendmedienschutzstaatsvertrag: https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-JMedienSchStVtrGBWV10StVtr-P12

(1) Anbieter von Betriebssystemen, die von Kindern und Jugendlichen üblicherweise genutzt werden im Sinne des § 16 Abs. 1 Satz 3 Nr. 6, stellen sicher, dass ihre Betriebssysteme über eine den nachfolgenden Absätzen entsprechende Jugendschutzvorrichtung verfügen. Passt ein Dritter die vom Anbieter des Betriebssystems bereitgestellte Jugendschutzvorrichtung an, besteht die Pflicht aus Satz 1 insoweit bei diesem Dritten.

(3) In der Jugendschutzvorrichtung muss eine Altersangabe eingestellt werden können.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting, didnt knew about that one.

It might be debatable if this would even apply to Linux (its basically the same AS with the laws from california), since the law requires "distributors of operating systems" to implement this (who is the distributor) and it might be debatable if Linux falls under the definition of "operating systems usually used by child's and teenagers".

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not sure if this is helpfull:

https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-JMedienSchStVtrGBWV10StVtr-P3

§ 3 Begriffsbestimmungen

Im Sinne dieses Staatsvertrages sind

Anbieter eines Betriebssystems eine natürliche oder juristische Person, die Betriebssysteme bereitstellt,

A distributor of an operating system is a person or legal entity who provides operating systems.

It is extremely vague, it could be everyone from the creators of the distribution, to the person/company running the download mirror, down to the person who does the installation.

Without some court rulings to bring some guidelines and practical applications of the law there is the risk that everyone handling a non-compliant OS could be judged under the law if someone under 18 could get access to to OS or a System running it.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

That is indeed very vague