Mike, I had no idea you were still around -- and well, I'm a better googler than writer at th moment, so here goes some clipboard joy:
the Americans for Fair Economic Commerce Transactions say: "The Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) is a proposed state contract law designed to standardize the licensing of software and all other forms of digital information. UCITA is a complex law that will adversely affect individual consumers, businesses, industries, libraries, schools and universities -- anyone using software or any kind of digital information." http://www.4cite.org/what_history.html the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility say: "UCITA is the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, and was developed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). UCITA is very similar to a previous proposal, UCC2B, which was abandoned due to widespread opposition. UCITA is a contract law statute that would apply to computer software, multimedia products, computer data and databases, online information, and other such products. It was designed to create a uniform commercial contract law for these products and calls itself 'a cyberspace commercial statute.' It covers contracts that are generally known as 'shrink-wrap licenses.'" http://www.cpsr.org/program/UCITA/ucita-fact.html also, two links: the American Library Association's UCITA report: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/RUSA/Our_Association2/RUSA_Sections/MOUSS/Our_Section4/Committees10/Interlibrary_Loan2/UCITA_2001_Annual_Meeting_Report.htm the Free Software Foundation's "Why We Must Fight UCITA" page: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ucita.html I hope this is not an overwhelming amount of information, as I earlier provided... ; ) ciao and shanti Ben Barrett On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 11:26:42 -0700 Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | OK... anybody got a good rundown on UCITA and dAnnwhat it means?? If | so, please post it, eh? | --Mike | | | Andy Fraser wrote: | | > Damon Elder, an aid to Eugene rep Barnhardt, tells me that on | > Wednesday April 18th at 3:30 in room 357 of the Capitol, public | > comment/testimony will be invited on a bill to make UCITA the law in | > Oregon. Barnhardt opposes the bill. | > | > If you want more details you can contact Elder at 503-986-1440. | > | > He said that he wanted a broad cross section of folks to appear. It | > seems to me that that should include: software entrepreneurs, people | > who write software professionally, people who use software for work, | > professors, etc. | > | > Andy Fraser | | -- | Organizing Linux users is like herding cats, | only harder. | _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
