California’s AB 1043 Could Regulate Every Linux Command, and the Open Source World Is Too Quiet

California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), approved by Governor Newsom in October 2025, sets out a statewide age assurance framework for operating systems and app stores. It requires operating system providers to present an age and date-of-birth declaration interface during account setup and to provide an API that can return an age bracket signal […]