A group of lawyers committed to keeping uniformity in state laws is having its
annual meeting beginning this week, and the Open Source community wants to deliver this
message to them: UCITA will kill Open Source. And they really need your help.
Carol Kunze, on behalf of Red Hat, has posted an open letter to the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (or NCCUSL), asking that group to
reverse the 1999 decision to adopt the Uniform Computer Information Transactions
Act (UCITA).
The NCCUSL is gathering in Tucson, Arizona, from July 26 to August 2 to take care
of standard committee business, consider amendments to several uniform acts, and
be entertained. Red Hat is hoping that the commission will take time to consider
its request to reverse UCITA, even though there’s nothing on the official agenda
about the act that, among other things, “provides a comprehensive set of rules
for licensing computer information.”
Red Hat is objecting to UCITA because, it says, UCITA was crafted for the
proprietary software industry. And Open Source “has created its own set of
practices and norms that differ widely from the commercial rules that UCITA
adopts as the standard. UCITA does not reflect the Open Source community’s
development model, its distribution model, its license terms, nor its general
expectations.”
Red Hat is influential in the Open Source community, but in order to fully
convince the commission that UCITA is not the answer for regulating software
contracts, your help is needed. Find your state in the list below and email your
NCCUSL commissioners to let them know you support the reversal of UCITA. It may
be helpful to use the Red Hat letter as a
guide.
NCCUSL Commissioner Email Addresses
Alaska art@dillonfindley.com Deborah_Behr@law.state.ak.us lsjkj@aol.com wgc@customcpu.com Alabama RepGaines@aol.com rmccurle@law.ua.edu tjones@law.ua.edu bruce@hwnn.com Arkansas jpender@pmppa.com larry@arkleg.state.ar.us david@nixonlaw.com pcarroll@roselawfirm.com jdeacon@barrettdeacon.com Arizona henderson@nt.law.arizona.edu l.lemon@azbar.org tberg@fclaw.com California bion.gregory@ccusl.ca.gov darlinghallrae@compuserve.com elihu2000@aol.com wburke@shearman.com senator.sher@sen.ca.gov nsterling@clrc.ca.gov Pamela_Chin@parsons.com Ronald.phillips@pepperdine.edu williamsrc@aol.com Colorado charley.pike@state.co.us russgeor@sni.net lw2demuth@worldnet.att.net tomg@grimshawharring.com bkreplep@aol.com Connecticut bhawkins@goodwin.com david.biklen@po.state.ct.us john.langbein@yale.edu pavetti@aol.com lmorgan@rjmlawct.com WBreetz@law.uconn.edu District of Columbia bkass@kass-skalet.com cbrookinshudson@dccouncil.washington.dc.us zeldonj@dcsc.gov efdyke@venable.com jamescmckay@yahoo.com Delaware mhoughton@mnat.com ann.c.stilson@law.widener.edu robinsonr@ce.net Florida lstagg@akerman.com ecutl@carltonfields.com ehrhardt@law.fsu.edu hkittles@hklaw.com jessen.linda@leg.state.fl.us jmorse@law.fsu.edu Georgia mwmacy@aol.com rwellman@arches.uga.edu rgm@hbss.net Hawaii ekent@hawaii.edu jachanin@hotmail.com toyofuku@pixi.com hiaglegis@yahoo.com lewart@goodsill.com takayama@capitol.hawaii.gov Iowa cdmahon@aol.com Sheldon-kurtz@uiowa.edu david.walker@drake.edu Idaho dghiger@stoel.com pckm@marshallbatt.com Illinois ctabb@law.uiuc.edu hjs@arnstein.com mbgetty@aol.com r-picker@uchicago.edu richwards@legis.state.il.us tryder@gtec.com tjmccrackenjr@ameritech.net jeremiah@hopsut.com harry_leinenweber@ilnd.uscourts.gov diane_ford@gov.state.il.us Indiana GBepko@iupui.edu S40@ai.org mts@starkey-law.com hpatchel@iupui.edu Kansas elpom@networksplus.net mroneal@southwind.net zzconc@washburn.edu temert@terraworld.net hite@hitefanning.com Kentucky dcetrulo@email.msn.com scawood@mmlk.com johngillig@lrc.state.ky.us john.spangler@lrc.state.ky.us wswilborn@aol.com Louisiana guillotj@legis.state.la.us henry.gabriel@sstar.com wdh3770@aol.com Massachusetts smithee@bingham.com stephen_chow@pscboston.com Maryland kingwebnet@aol.com Maine Bcoggeshall@PierceAtwood.com rrobinson@rkmlegal.com marsulu4@aol.com Michigan arichner@house.state.mi.us ggulliver@lsb.state.mi.us jjwhite@umich.edu rwebster@clarkhill.com sencdingell@senate.state.mi.us Minnesota HARRYMW@msn.com robertstein@staff.abanet.org mndavies@aol.com harriet.lansing@courts.state.mn.us hhaynsworth@wmitchell.edu michele.timmons@revisor.leg.state.mn.us Robert.Tennessen@gpmlaw.com Missouri jfarnold@lashlybaer.com englishda@missouri.edu mferry@gatewaylegal.org fryp@missouri.edu heinszt@missouri.edu henningw@missouri.edu Mississippi tbeck@mail.lbo.state.ms.us ncarlton@ltindall.com navyjag@aol.com iq.attys@usa.net pwatson@mail.house.state.ms.us hooper@olemiss.edu smdavis@olemiss.edu Montana eck@selway.umt.edu gpetesch@state.mt.us Jcnelson@state.mt.us jmazurek@state.mt.us North Carolina mbenfield@compuvision.net flewis@mail.jus.state.nc.us rbillings@law.wfu.edu snichols@mail.jus.state.nc.us wnj@coa.state.nc.us russell.walker@ncisd.nc.us North Dakota oanderson@ou.edu dhogue@ndak.net jburingr@state.nd.us mike.unhjem@bcbsnd.com wstenehjem@aol.com lklemin@state.nd.us Nebraska abeam@ce8.uscourts.gov hsperlman@unl.edu mgmlawnp@nponline.net jpepperl@unicam.state.ne.us ruth@nol.org New Jersey jdonegan@prsmo.com New Mexico ciscolaw@hotmail.com desiderior@law.unm.edu jpburton@rodey.com pplarragoite@hotmail.com paula.tackett@state.nm.us mlo1@7cities.net Nevada fdaykin@lcb.state.nv.us erdoes@lcb.state.nv.us mjames@sen.state.nv.us wasserman@lcb.state.nv.us New York jvigdor@boylanbrown.com rlong@cglawllp.com rsmith@dpw.com SSternLaw@aol.com normlg510@aol.com Ohio AttyBoris@aol.com lee_mccorkle@wendys.com rogers.23@osu.edu sfisher@arterhadden.com w-evans@onu.edu Oklahoma duchessb@swbell.net lwhinery@ou.edu Oregon Gregory.A.Chaimov@state.or.us jwillis@schwabe.com mwalters@wrcdlaw.com Pennsylvania creitz@law.upenn.edu jsheehan@state.pa.us stuckey@state.pa.us haf3@psu.edu poulin@law.villanova.edu Rhode Island cmassouda@rilin.state.ri.us judge_William_Hillman@mab.uscourts.gov South Dakota glebrun@lynnjackson.com Law@DemJen.com scott@jhmmj.com dgregers@wfss.com Tennessee ctrost@wallerlaw.com ellen.tewes@legislature.state.tn.us rclark@armstrongallen.com Texas htindall@tindallfoster.com leonard.reese@tlc.state.tx.us rsatterwhite@stubbemanlawfirm.com mmpc@texoma.com p.guillot@airmail.net marianne_auld@baylor.edu Utah RMartineau@SCMLAW.com Virginia emiller@leg.state.va.us pamela_sargent@vawd.uscourts.gov ccring@ober.com jfrench@leg.state.va.us ktaylor@t-mlaw.com Virgin Islands ytharpes@mail.senate.gov.vi tbolt@vilaw.com Vermont cgravel@gravshea.com clisman@lisman.com lsmiddy@vermontlaw.edu rcassidy@hoffcurtis.com daglaw@sover.net Washington J_m.appelwick@courts.wa.gov raron@u.washington.edu usmjcimbr@hotmail.com cooper_de@leg.wa.gov Wisconsin bruce.munson@legis.state.wi.us ljbugge@itis.com peter.dykman@legis.state.wi.us Rep.Gundrum@legis.state.wi.us Sen.George@legis.state.wi.us Sen.Huelsman@legis.state.wi.us West Virginia fordlaw@inetone.net jmcclaugherty@jacksonkelly.com stamps4@aol.com
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