Based on a quick glance, the law isn’t a bad idea. FOSS is a boone to the economy, FOSS is the critical core that everything else is built on. The law just needs exemptions that state if the full product (including client, server, the full stack) is free to download, modify, compile, and run, then the project’s exempt.

Even though costs will be passed to the customer, this is still beneficial, as it creates pressure to move away from centralized tech.

… and suddenly, overnight, claude or whatever will have very detailed, intricate knowledge around Cisco’s hardware, almost like it’s regurgitating internal documentation. Hm.