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84 Tul. L. Rev. 1541 (2009-2010)

handle is hein.journals/tulr84 and id is 1561 raw text is: What's Software Got To Do with It? The ALI Principles of the Law of Software Contracts Juliet M. Moringiello* William L. Reynoldst I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1541 II. W HERE'S THE PROBLEM? .......................................................... 1542 III. BUT THERE WERE PROBLEMS ................................................... 1543 A . License or Sale? ............................................................... 1543 B. Contract orlP Law? ......................................................... 1545 IV BUT THEY FOUND GENERIC PROBLEMS To ADDRESS .............. 1547 V THERE ARE SOME USEFUL PROVISIONS .................................... 1549 A . Form ation .......................................................................... 1549 B . Safe H arbors ..................................................................... 1550 C Remote Disablement ....................................................... 1551 VI. THE GLORIES OF THE COMMON LAW ........................................ 1552 V II. A PATCH ? .................................................................................... 1553 ViLL LESSONS FORTHE FUTURE ......................................................... 1553 A . A void Original Si ............................................................ 1554 B. Deal with Trouble-Spots .................................................. 1554 C Keep to Your Charter ....................................................... 1554 I. INTRODUCTION In May 2009, the American Law Institute (AL) approved its Principles of the Law of Software Contracts (Principles). The attempt to codify, or at least unify, the law of software contracts has a long and contentious history, the roots of which can be found in the attempt to add an Article 2B to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in the mid-1990s. Article 2B became the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) when the ALI withdrew from the project in 1999, and UCITA became the law in only two states, Virginia and Maryland. UCITA became a dirty word, with several states enacting © 2010 Juliet M. Moringiello and William L. Reynolds. * Professor, Widener University School of Law. t Jacob A. France Professor of Judicial Process, University of Maryland School of Law. Both authors were involved in the Principles Project as members of the Members Consultative Group. 1541

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