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The compilation of software known as MidnightBSD is distributed under
the following terms:

Residents of any countries, states or territories that require age verification
for operating systems, are not authorized to use MidnightBSD. This list currently includes
Brazil, effective March 17, 2026, California, effective January 1, 2027, and
will include Colorado, Illinois and New York provided they pass their currently
proposed legislation. We urge users to write their representatives to get
these laws repealed or replaced.
MidnightBSD is not offered in jurisdictions that require operating system
distributors or developers to implement mandatory age-verification mechanisms,
including but not limited to government-issued identification checks,
biometric verification, facial recognition, or comparable
identity-verification systems, where the MidnightBSD Project does not
provide such functionality.

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable open source licenses
governing individual components, individuals located in such jurisdictions
are not authorized to download, install, access, use, or distribute compiled
MidnightBSD releases unless all applicable legal requirements are independently satisfied.

Nothing in this Agreement limits or restricts any rights granted under applicable
free or open source software licenses governing individual MidnightBSD components,
including rights to access, modify, compile, or redistribute source code as permitted by those licenses.

Certain jurisdictions may instead require age-attestation or parental-control functionality.
MidnightBSD may provide optional tools, including aged(8), that users can configure for their
own compliance purposes. However, the MidnightBSD Project does not represent or warrant
that use of any such tool satisfies the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction.

A current list of unsupported jurisdictions, if any, may be published separately on the
MidnightBSD website and may change without notice.

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Copyright (C) 2006-2026 The MidnightBSD Project. All rights reserved.

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