On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 06:41:02PM -0500, Dragon Singer wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I just have a quick question: What's UCITA?
>
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. Congress, as an extension
of its job to regulate interstate commerce, enacts a set of standards for
how they think the states should regulate various businesses; the Uniform
Commercial Code is one such. These laws only go into effect if the various
states enact them locally. UCITA would subject most computer-related businesses
to much less stringent standards on things like warranty and product liability
than the current UCC does. There's an informative page at :
http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990531ucita_home.htm
and a great rant from Stallman at :
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ucita.html
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