[nylug-talk] Shrinkwrap Licenses: An Epidemic Of Lawsuits Waiting To Happen (fwd)

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 2/3/07, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 04:09:28PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> >   If you are interested in these issues, also be aware of UCITA...
> >
> >   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act
> >
> >   RMS on UCITA:
> >
> >   http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ucita.html
> >
>
>
> What is UCITA?  I never heard of that before.
>
> Rubeni

Ruben,

  ( IANAL, TINLA )

  I rarely meet OSS people who are aware of this legislation, so you
are certainly not alone.  Generally, it is a set of laws designed to
tighten the commercial code at the state level for software
transactions.  Some of the provisions included in this package are
outrageous.  I believe it has only been passed in Virginia.  But I
will let the experts do the explaining...

  http://www.ucita.com/what.html

-jmz


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