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- 1Colorado age-verification law exempts Linux volunteers by targeting app stores●Colorado kept Linux volunteers out of its age law by tying the duty to Apple's App Store and Google Play. Governor Jared
Colorado has passed an age-verification law that applies only to operators of commercial app stores, sparing volunteer-run Linux distributions. Governor Jared Polis signed the measure in June 2026, meaning Apple's App Store and Google Play must check users' ages, while a freely downloaded Debian installer carries no such duty. Observers see it as a pragmatic carve-out for open-source developers.