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Committee hears bill to limit restrictive software licensing in state contracts
Summary
The House Technology and Innovation Committee on May 13 considered House Bill 202, which would limit restrictive software licensing in state contracts by amending Ohio Revised Code section 9.27(b)(10).
The House Technology and Innovation Committee on May 13 held a second hearing on House Bill 202, which proposes modifications to Ohio Revised Code section 9.27(b)(10) aimed at preventing software licensing terms that restrict a state agency’s ability to deploy software on the infrastructure that best fits its needs. Scott Driscoll, testifying for the Coalition for FAIR Software Licensing, said the clause is intended to prevent vendor lock and to “ensure that a contract entered into by a state agency for the purchase of software designed to run on generally available hardware or cloud, does not artificially restrict the state's…
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