California Passes AB-1856 For Open-Source Relief Over Age Verification

加州通过 AB-1856 法案，为开源软件提供年龄验证豁免

California Passes AB-1856 For Open-Source Relief Over Age Verification Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 29 August 2026 at 06:48 AM EDT. 23 Comments

加州通过 AB-1856 法案，为开源软件提供年龄验证豁免。本文由 Michael Larabel 撰写，发布于自由软件专栏，时间为 2026 年 8 月 29 日美国东部时间上午 06:48，共有 23 条评论。

As an update to the May story about California’s age verification law may end up exempting most Linux distributions, that AB-1856 bill has finally passed! As good news to the months of headaches over California’s Digital Age Assurance Act and concerns around its impact on the Linux/open-source world, AB-1856 has finally passed which now amends protections and exemptions for easing compliance of open-source platforms.

作为对五月份关于加州年龄验证法案可能豁免大多数 Linux 发行版报道的后续更新，AB-1856 法案终于通过了！对于过去几个月因《加州数字年龄保证法案》（California Digital Age Assurance Act）及其对 Linux/开源世界的影响而感到头疼的人们来说，这是一个好消息。AB-1856 的通过修订了相关保护和豁免条款，从而降低了开源平台的合规难度。

Per the bill’s text, a key addition is: “(2) “Operating system provider” does not mean a person or entity that distributes an operating system or application under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software.” Thereby exempting Linux distributions, BSDs, and others distributed under open-source licenses.

根据法案文本，其中一个关键的补充条款是：“(2) ‘操作系统提供商’不包括根据允许接收者复制、重新分发和修改软件的许可条款分发操作系统或应用程序的个人或实体。” 从而豁免了 Linux 发行版、BSD 以及其他以开源许可证分发的软件。

There is also an exemption on the application side around package managers: “(2) “Application” does not include software components that are not themselves offered to consumers as a stand-alone executable application through a covered application store.”

在应用程序方面，针对软件包管理器也有一项豁免：“(2) ‘应用程序’不包括那些并非作为独立可执行应用程序，通过受监管的应用商店提供给消费者的软件组件。”

Phoronix reader Saihaj Sraon noted as of this week, AB-1856 passed the California Assembly with 69 in favor, zero against. For software not exempted, the California Digital Age Assurance Act takes effect on 1 January 2027 for requiring age collection at device setup time and age-bracket signals for applications.

Phoronix 读者 Saihaj Sraon 指出，截至本周，AB-1856 法案已在加州众议院以 69 票赞成、0 票反对的结果获得通过。对于未获豁免的软件，《加州数字年龄保证法案》将于 2027 年 1 月 1 日生效，届时将要求在设备设置时收集年龄信息，并要求应用程序提供年龄段信号。