NewsForge: Red Hat works with UCITA backers to change law

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"Red Hat and the Open Source Initiative will likely celebrate a UCITA victory this month, but the celebration will be shared with backers of the Maryland software license law, not in spite of them."

"Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening is expected to sign a bill that exempts Open Source software from "mandatory warranties" found in the state's Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, on the urging of Red Hat and the Open Source Initiative."

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