They can stop you from doing any work on the project. They can even fine or jail you for work done after the law takes affect that the international committee doesn't allow. Which is to say you can be forced to stop work.

Though if you don't live in IL it is unclear how this affects you.

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lrvick 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Some time in jail or having to fight a fine for refusing to implement features in the constitutionally protected free speech code they author? If that is what it takes.

I do not want to go to jail, but if that is the only way to get to an outcome where people have confidence they can not be forced to add unwanted code to open source projects, so be it. But that is a pointless thought experiment because it will never happen.

I do not think anyone would be stupid enough to jail a FOSS developer for not agreeing to compelled speech, and if they did, an army of lawyers would be lining up to take the case I expect, with the full support of the public. It would be an insane thing to attempt.

We must loudly push back on the chilling effects intended here. Our free speech to write or not write any code we want will not be compromised.

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blackqueeriroh 2 days ago | parent [-]

This thing where you keep saying “it will never happen” is why you’re showing your ignorance.

	▲	lrvick a day ago \| parent [-]
		Long history of ruffling feathers for big companies and politicians if you looked hard enough. Still not in prison because free speech actually is still somewhat a thing in this country, and as long as that is true, I will keep using it.

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Buttons840 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can someone who knows the law explain to me how someone who lives in California, and hooks his computer in California, to a wire in California, from a company in California...

At what point do they become subject to Illinois law?

And can Illinois prosecute someone for doing something that is legal in California while they are in California?

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lotsofpulp 2 days ago | parent [-]

>At what point do they become subject to Illinois law?

When they sell to someone in Illinois, although there is probably some bullshit case law out there that says the website owner has to take basic steps to block Illinois users to avoid all IL jurisdiction.

>And can Illinois prosecute someone for doing something that is legal in California while they are in California?

No.

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bluGill 2 days ago | parent [-]

But CA cannot stop IL from demanding someone be sent to IL courts if they think an IL law was broken.

	▲	lotsofpulp a day ago \| parent [-]
		IL laws can't be broken by someone not in IL that does not interact with anyone in IL. Presumably, there is a defense available in court that would prevent CA from extraditing someone to IL who is innocent because they have nothing to do with IL.

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EGreg 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Governments can hire a hitman to go after you, if you say something wrong. So can international crime syndicates. Will this have a meaningful effect on chilling your speech?

https://abcnews.com/amp/US/children-recruited-criminals-indu...

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lrvick 2 days ago | parent [-]

Pretty far fetched an Illinois legislator hires a hitman for a FOSS developer.

But to humor you, if they did, the distro would carry right on, so they would be taking a lot of risk with no progress on their objective.

I only sign like 1/3 releases these days so I am replaceable now. Decentralized control and decentralized trust was the whole point of stagex.

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etc-hosts 2 days ago | parent [-]

Representatives of the US government threaten to drone bomb anyone they disagree with all of the time now

	▲	lrvick a day ago \| parent [-]
		lol. I can only aspire to be someone so effective in my goals for furthering personal freedoms that a government feels compelled to drop a bomb on me to make it stop.