Some have to be left behind. 

Am 22. Januar 2026 15:03:33 MEZ schrieb T Hyde <[email protected]>:
>
>Andy - true (and a challenge to be followed for sure) however I would 
>interpret (not a legal expert) that since LCNC doesn't sell or distribute 
>"machines" (including by their definition), LCNC would not be restricted. A 
>"software process" isn't defined as a singular script, executable or package, 
>thus a "manufacturer of a subtractive machine that implements LCNC" (example) 
>could (and would be required to) add more software to make it compliant at 
>their own expense at the "complete machine level".
>
>This interpretation is not substantially different from the impossible 
>requirement of the OS (as "software") needing to natively provide such 
>detection compliance, for if it did, then both Mach3/4 AND MS Windows would 
>also be restricted from being sold in WA. I'm sure Redmond would have 
>something to say about that in their own backyard!
>
>If LCNC was including some qualified code to check for offending files or made 
>the claim that it provided such a capability, then that would get 
>legally-dicey indeed.
>
>(again not a legal expert, simply a non-binding opinion)
>
>Ted.
>
>On January 22, 2026 8:20:43 AM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260122051205
>> 
>> Page 2, line 17.
>> 
>> If this passes then we would probably have no alternative but to not
>> allow the use of LinuxCNC in Washington State.
>> 
>> I see no way at all for LinuxCNC to comply. But I also see no way at
>> all to prevent the use of LinuxCNC in Wa.
>> 
>> --
>> atp
>> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is
>> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and
>> lunatics."
>> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912
>> 
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