Open‑source carveouts blunt age‑gates

Colorado amended an 'age‑attestation' bill to exempt software distributed under permissive copy/modify licenses, plus public code repositories and container distribution, so Linux distros, GitHub/GitLab content, and Docker/Podman registries are not treated as commercial app stores. The change prevents a state law from forcing these open‑source actors to implement centralized age‑signals and avoids converting developer tooling into regulated identity infrastructure. — If other states follow or resist this wording, it will determine whether age‑verification laws centralize identity at OS/app‑store layers or preserve permissionless open‑source distribution — affecting surveillance, censorship risk, and software governance.