Re: Software Warning?

[tgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Unlikely perhaps, but I would respectfully suggest that no-one 
relies on that unlikeliness to prevent it from happening.  It's 
opposed by a lot of groups, however the supporters of UCITA don't 
have to woo those groups for it to pass, they have to woo the 
people who make laws.  That is exactly what they are doing too.

They are promising to relocate to states that pass UCITA citing all 
the increased revenue that those states would enjoy by having a 
large software company's main offices located in their state.  
Remember that it's that kind of talk that has made governments 
(city and state level) fork out millions of tax dollars to pay for new 
stadiums.

On 7 Feb 00, you wrote: 


> thanks for sharing... i followed a few of your links... it appears
> that this is legit, but not likely to ever happen... this is what
> www.badsoftware.com had to say:
> 
> UCITA is primarily supported by software publishers, some computer
> manufacturers, and some banks.
> 
> UCITA has been opposed by:
> 
>      Software developers
>      Every consumer advocacy organization that has looked at it
>      Large software customers
>      Librarians
>      Other independent information content developers (writers,
> photographers)
>      Entertainment industry
>      Magazine and newspaper publishers
>      Many lawyers and law professors
> 
> .UCITA has been sharply criticized by the United States' Federal Trade
> Commission.
> 
> i dunno if anyone else thought it was funny, but Librarians? i guess i
> understand that they deal with a lot of digital content now, accessing
> other libraries online and all that... just caught me off guard... :)
> 
> >
> > LINUX/ OPEN SOURCE
> > Why We Must Fight UCITA
> > UCITA is a proposed law, designed by the proprietary software
> > developers, who are now asking all 50 states of the US to adopt it.
> > If UCITA is adopted, it will threaten the free software community
> > with disaster. http://linuxtoday.com/stories/15948.html
> >
> > -------------------
> 
> 


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