[NegativeK]

>> hobby

> You don't have to support

This isn't just a kernel thing. Expecting volunteers to dump time into compliance is ridiculous. Not because they oppose the idea, but because huge swaths of the internet run on people doing something for free -- and they'll just do something else if governments begin threatening them.

Europe realized this with their new infosec liability regulations. If you're giving your labor away, you're not liable for your software; if you're making money off your software, step up and do better. Maybe California and the others should learn more from the EU.

[bigfishrunning]

> Expecting volunteers to dump time into compliance is ridiculous.

Exactly, so any distribution that relies on volunteers will likely include a region-locking clause in their documentation (which may or may not be a GPL violation)

Many big distributions (Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora) are sponsered by big tech companies, and are not maintained by volunteers.