[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:
> >
> >   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
> >
>
>
> I'm not an OSS person but

  Zut alors!  does this mean you're an FLOSS person??? ( as in Free
Libre Open Source Software )?

> I'd be interested in if you can cut through all the
> jargon in those links and explain UCITA to me in plain english.

  UCITA is a set of trade laws that were designed to be enacted at the
state level.  It includes a number of ridiculous provisions designed
to move liabilities and costs onto the consumer.  Will the software
industry at large benefit from these provisions?  probably not.  The
momentum of UCITA has, as was mentioned by Kevin Mark, acquiesced in
recent years.  Today it stands as a testament to how grossly
disproportionate the powers of large software industry groups have
become.

 -jmz


>
> Remember, I'm not an engineer or a lawyer, just a stupid Pharmacist with a
> few kids.
>
> Ruben
>

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