提问 HN：开放源代码协议（OSA）将如何影响小型 Mastodon 实例？
9 分•作者: Digit-Al•10 个月前
我目前不是 Mastodon 的用户，但对这个项目有些兴趣。我浏览了一些资料，这些资料似乎向我表明，英国的《在线安全法案》（OSA）可能会让自托管 Mastodon 变得困难，除非提供年龄验证。然后我阅读了相关条款，意识到除非你每月至少有 300 万用户，否则它实际上不会影响你，所以理论上不会影响只有少数用户的自托管者。但后来我想到，如果你与一个非常大的实例联邦，那么你的用户就有可能与足够多的用户互动，从而受到这些条款的约束。
这可能是一个灰色地带，如果自托管者不小心，可能会面临相当大的风险。
我想知道是否有英国的 Mastodon 托管商正在考虑这个问题。你们是否考虑关闭以避免任何责任？这会是英国 Mastodon 托管的“终结”吗？
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I am not currently a user of Mastodon, but I have some interest in the project. I was looking at some stuff that seemed to indicate to me that the OSA could make it difficult to self host Mastodon without providing age verification. I was then reading the provisions and realsised that it didn't really affect you unless you have at least 3 million monthly users, so in theory would not affect self hosters with only a few users. But then I thought that if you are federated with a very large instance then your users could potentially be able to interact with enough users to fall under the provisions.<p>This could potentially be a grey area that could expose self hosters to considerable risk if they are not careful.<p>I wonder if there any UK based Mastodon hosters out there who are considering this. Are you considering shutting down to prevent any liability? Could this be the "death" of Mastodon hosting in the UK?