Sponsor Pulls Support for UCITA

David Dillard sent along a bunch of links (which I’ve pared down) to stories about the likely downing of UCITA, (Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act). UCITA was designed to be a model agreement for licensing software programs that states could pick up right into law. Last week, however, in a move that may kill UCITA, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws announced that it would no longer push for adoption of the act in any state. Stories and commentary at Computer World and
CIO.com
These websites provide background information on this legislative issue:
AFFECT – Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
UCITA Fact Sheet

What is UTICA? from ALA.
Why We Must Fight UCITA from gnu.org.

Anti-UCITA resource page

August 28, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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