<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 2 Aug 2021 at 11:09, Christian <<a href="mailto:kde@fuchsnet.ch">kde@fuchsnet.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> If KDE is restricting who can take part in our activities, against our<br>
> historical practice, without prior discussion and solely because we are<br>
> reliant on a third party service we should move to a different service.<br>
</blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">As far as the "move to a different service" goes: please not again. Also this <br>
age restriction is due to local laws (e.g. COPPA) and will most likely affect <br>
every commercial third party service we use, so unless we want to start self-<br>
host or use something existing that isn't affected (which is a bit limited) <br>
I doubt there are many options left. Mostly because these services, for user <br>
convenience, do have to store data, including chat log, which makes them <br>
subject to these laws.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>COPPA seems to be for children under 13 so I doubt that's relevant here</div><div><a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=4939e77c77a1a1a08c1cbf905fc4b409&node=16%3A1.0.1.3.36&rgn=div5">https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=4939e77c77a1a1a08c1cbf905fc4b409&node=16%3A1.0.1.3.36&rgn=div5</a></div><div><br></div><div>The GDPR tends to require children under 16 to get parental consent before signing up to things, but that is the same for all our services there's no reason why this should be different.</div><div><br></div><div>Saying some people need to stay off a KDE service seems like an arbitrary limitation that will restrict who can be welcomed into our community.</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>