Though if you don't live in IL it is unclear how this affects you.
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.
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?
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.
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.
https://abcnews.com/amp/US/children-recruited-criminals-indu...
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.