Phil, I'm a little confused on the issue of UCITA. While briefly reading about it, I was surprised to learn that companies like Caldera and Redhat are members of the organization that is supposedly pushing for UCITA, and at least some of the larger software companies are not, according to the SIIA membership list at http://www.siia.net/glance/members.asp It appears to me that the main issues in UCITA are 1)enforcability of shrink-wrap licenses vs. consumer rights, and 2)a standard for dealing with e-commerce vs. present standards. What are your opinions and can you describe exactly why you feel strongly about this bill? Ralph references: http://www.siia.net/sharedcontent/govt/issues/ucita/summary.html http://www.siia.net/glance/default.asp http://www.cpsr.org/program/UCITA/ucita-fact.html http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/hb2100.dir/hb2112.intro.html http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/hb2000.dir/hb2039.intro.html At 02:02 PM 4/17/00 -0700, Phil Barnhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If your state does not allow the enforcement of shrink wrapped licenses, >then it cannot be enforced against you. The jurisdiction clause in the swl >does not apply either and jurisdiction must be in the state where you live, >if your state law requires that. > >Phil > >At 11:47 PM 4/13/00 -0700, you wrote: >>>Does anyone know if UCITA is being proposed in Oregon law? >> >>I don't think it much matters in the long run. The way I understand it, >>if it becomes law in even one state it can be forced to apply to all >>states. >> >> /\-/\ Dean Ridgway | Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- >> ( - - ) InterNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I took the one less traveled by, >> =\_v_/= FidoNet 1:357/1.103 | And that has made all the difference. >> CIS 73225,512 | "The Road Not Taken" - Robert >Frost. >>http://www.peak.org/~ridgwad/ >>PGP mail encouraged, finger for key: 28C577F3 2A5655AFD792B0FB >9BA31E6AB4683126 >
