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

[Ruben Safir]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 02:23:13AM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> 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.
> 


I don't see anything in this explanation which is going to make a 
family guy like myself stand up and take notice.  Sounds like a little
pork being given out to some business.  So what?  That happens every day
and it doesn't even significantly affect the cost of a quart of milk.

Ruben
>  -jmz
> 
> 
> >
> > Remember, I'm not an engineer or a lawyer, just a stupid Pharmacist with a
> > few kids.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> 
> jjzeidner at gmail.com
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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attacted at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed that one."