I can, however, imagine closed source vendors guaranteeing never to use the UCITA remedies available to them, as a part of their contract with customers. It may be the only way to keep customers if these laws take effect.
But if the contracts can be written in such a way as to allow changes (which the article states is allowed), this wouldn't do much good. All the software company would need to do is to change the contract, and the users are stuck with it - either that, or they'll need to abandon the package midstream, losing time and money. I do agree that this could be a boon to open source, but I would rather not see this thing pass at all.
Slashdot Mirror
But if the contracts can be written in such a way as to allow changes (which the article states is allowed), this wouldn't do much good. All the software company would need to do is to change the contract, and the users are stuck with it - either that, or they'll need to abandon the package midstream, losing time and money. I do agree that this could be a boon to open source, but I would rather not see this thing pass at all.