Q4OS Forum

issei

Member

Registered: 2026-05-21

Posts: 1

Will Q4OS do age verification?

A lot of GNU+Linux distributions are looking to add mandatory age verification.

This includes Debian which claims it will "help downstream distributions implement age verification". This is quite concerning considering that Q4OS is based on Debian. So will Q4OS be doing any form of age verification in that regard?

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 6,262

Website

Re: Will Q4OS do age verification?

Welcome to the forum

We will consider that option based on Debian approach.

usfarang

Member

Registered: 2026-05-24

Posts: 6

Re: Will Q4OS do age verification?

Since Debian has factually said that they intend to comply and add age verification and help others to do so, there is your answer.
If freedom matters to you, make your choice now or wait for the shoe to drop.

Your Freedom, Your Choice.
Best of luck to you

seb3773

Member

From: France

Registered: 2023-11-01

Posts: 251

Re: Will Q4OS do age verification?

DPL has released an official statement regarding age verification recently:

"These developments are currently under discussion within Debian and other projects, and SPI has initiated efforts to obtain legal guidance. At this stage, the situation remains unclear, and further analysis is ongoing.

From a non-lawyer perspective, it is not yet clear how such regulations apply to a non-commercial, volunteer-driven project like Debian, which does not sell software and provides it in a highly decentralized way. It seems plausible that obligations, if any, may primarily affect redistributors or commercial entities building products on top of Debian. In such cases, Debian would as usual be open to contributions that help downstreams meet their requirements, while keeping such features optional and respecting the needs of users in other jurisdictions. However, this is an area where proper legal analysis is still required."

Whatever, they will NEVER be able to enforce it, so, if it's really implemented some day, it will be a joke anyway. (linux is NOT windows if you know what I mean.)

Last edited by seb3773 (2026-07-23 02:16)

---

Debian & Q4OS (TDE!!), low-level C, ASM (z80/68k/x86/ARM64), embedded systems, CPU architectures (RISC-V, binary formats, assembly), retro-computing, metal music, guitar and sci-fi.