Re: Practical suggestions for resolving the Brazilian problem

Yes legal notice or some sort of amendment seems better solution than
40 years old license (== The Constitution) modification because of
some short term issue.. and it also seems easier to modify when needed
:-)

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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info

On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:
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> This is also an option:
> - https://github.com/c3d/db48x/blob/dev/LEGAL-NOTICE.md
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> As a consequence of recent legislative activity:
> - California (AB-1043)
> - Colororado (SB 26-051)
> - New York (S8102A)
> - Brazil (15,211)
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> Brazil residents may no longer use FreeBSD after 2026/03/17.
> California residents may no longer use FreeBSD after 2027/01/01.
> Colorado residents may no longer use FreeBSD after 2028/01/01.
> New-York residents may no longer use FreeBSD at some point in the future.
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> Let people pick up the phone (or email) and contact their local politician about this - to change this bullshit law.
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> We may also rebrand FreeBSD as 'framework'. One can use this FreeBSD 'framework' to build operating system - but legally - it would be a 'framework'. That may be even easier.
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> Regards,
> vermaden
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> Temat: Re: Practical suggestions for resolving the Brazilian problem
> Data: 2026-03-05 15:39
> Nadawca: "vermaden" &lt;vermaden@interia.pl>
> Adresat: "Vincent Bentley" &lt;vince@vincentbentley.co.uk>; "freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org" &lt;freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org>; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org;
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> > The 'thesmartski' from X implemented some simple workaround:
> > - https://x.com/thesmartski/status/2029116808066646416
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> > Regards,
> > vermaden
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