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EU KIDS Act's impact on free software questioned

Original: To anyone following the # EU # KIDS # Act , does anyone understand how the current proposal would affect # FDroid and #

The developer behind F-Droid, the open-source Android app repository, is publicly asking how the EU's proposed KIDS Act would affect free and open-source software. He notes the proposal does not appear to directly regulate projects like F-Droid, but reports hearing it might, raising concerns among free software advocates about age-verification rules covering app distribution.

Why now: Ongoing EU legislation on age verification is raising uncertainty among free and open-source software developers about whether they will be covered.

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• To anyone following the # EU # KIDS # Act , does anyone understand how the current proposal would affect # FDroid and # FOSS ? From what I have seen, it seems to not directly regulate us, but I just heard that it might. # EUKIDSAct # AgeVerification # FreeSoftware # OpenSource · eighthave@librem.one · 15

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