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Software Legislation: Read the Fine Print: Page 6 of 9

It provides the ground rules for the license, sale or transfer of software and other computer information in systems like online databases.

What prompted UCITA, and why should I care about it?

The NCCUSL decided that not having uniform commercial laws for selling, leasing and transferring software and other computer information across states and on the Web was detrimental. The hope was that a uniform act would reduce the cost of doing interstate business for vendors, and therefore reduce the cost to you, the IT buyer.

What will it take to make UCITA a law in my state?

Each state legislature has to propose it and enact it as a state law.