Dianne Skoll's Web Site - Software Projects

For Residents of Jurisdictions with Age Verification Laws

Many jurisdictions have passed or considering laws like this California law.

Part of this bill states: "A developer shall request a signal [of<br>age verification] with respect to a particular user from an operating<br>system provider or a covered application store when the application is<br>downloaded and launched."

It is entirely possible that any software I have written and that<br>you download from this site will require me, the developer, to request<br>such a signal. Furthermore, if it does not, I (as the developer) am<br>at risk of fairly severe penalties. (Note that the law says<br>the developer has to request an age-bracket signal, not<br>the application.)

Therefore, if you live in a jurisdiction with age-verification laws that<br>require applications to request age-bracket signals,<br>you may not download or use software from this web site. Although<br>this may appear to contradict the GNU General Public License, laws always<br>override license agreements and since my software is or might be illegal<br>in those jurisdictions, the prohibition on downloading or using it supersedes<br>the GPL.

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