Am Donnerstag, dem 22.01.2026 um 13:17 +0000 schrieb andy pugh: > 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. >
obviously I am not a lawyer, but IMO linuxcnc is no "machine" and this text seems to be concerned with "machines". In some sense, software (at least the source code) is "speech" and should have first amendment protections in the "land of the supposed-to-be-free". cf. the PGP situation ~30years ago which was classified as munitions and they tried to export-control it as such. This will probably be more of a problem for Tormach and in general all CNC machine tool vendors. -- Robert Schöftner <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
