As with any of this stuff, I suspect at least some of the insanity will be toned down. The Linux kernel was first developed in Europe, so I can't see them saying "Oh, sorry, you can't run apt any more." But even if they come out with some crazy law like that, it won't shut down—it will just get hosted and run outside the EU by non-EU residents, and then not be subject to EU law anyway. It amazes me that people forget the Internet is global, so attempts to regulate it like that are a fool's errand, at least unless you could get every country in the world to agree on doing it. SeraphimbladeTalk to me05:42, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure that Julian Assange will be heartened by your authoritative legal opinion that not being an American citizen or resident or even setting foot in the place and using servers located well outside the United States means that their laws don't apply to him and the United States cannot possibly attempt to take legal action against him for breaking its crazy laws. Hawkeye7(discuss)08:09, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Assange never has gotten extradited to the US, has he? But I said nothing about being an American citizen. If the EU wants to do their thing, those of us who live outside it should just ignore them. I'm no more subject to EU law than I am subject to North Korean law, and I've got no problem calling Jong-Un "Fat Boy Kim". That's illegal as hell in North Korea, but well, I'm not there. SeraphimbladeTalk to me10:46, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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