[GTALUG] Re: California vs. Linux. Anyone interested in a Canada Linux?

From: Colin McGregor via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>

I assume that most (all?) the people on this mailing list live outside the USA, thus the above law doesn't apply to us. But what happens when a distro who has a presence (a commercial presence or just volunteer presence) in California (and maybe Colorado) decides to start changing the distro. to try to accommodate USA state law(s)? So, is it time to consider Canada (or at least non-USA) specific Linux distributions?

We already had this kind of thing with software patents: not in Europe, but yes in US and Canada. Yes it is a pain. Maybe we just change the login screen for this one.