From 9e103cf8d70a66301e77258c0f5042803e3b0298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arslaan Pathan Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:42:43 +1200 Subject: Update README to add a short description and legal notice so that california doesn't sue me --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7fa4c80..7d5b65d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ # FrenchToastOS +FrenchToastOS is a simple, from-scratch x86 operating system. It currently has support for PS/2 keyboard input and can print text to a graphical framebuffer. + +## Legal Notice + +Residents of territories that require age verification for operating systems are prohibited from using FrenchToastOS. This list currently includes Brazil (Lei 15.211, effective March 17, 2026), California (AB-1043, effective January 1, 2027), and will include Colorado, Illinois, and New York if they pass their currently proposed legislations. + +As a hobby operating system project developed by a single developer in his free time, I do not have the legal infrastructure nor resources to implement the 'auditable age verification' and 'identity verification' mechanisms required by these laws, and I have no intention of modifying FrenchToastOS to fit these requirements. + +I find it ridiculous that I have to even place this legal notice here in the first place, OS providers should not need to verify ages, neither should platforms. Wanted to have online safety? We had a tool for that, it was called **PARENTS.** + ## Credits - Terminal font: https://github.com/dhepper/font8x8 -- cgit v1.2.3