Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 323.001 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 323.001Title 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Part B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS · Ch. 323. PROVISION OF SOFTWARE OR SERVICES TO BLOCK OR SCREEN INTERNET MATERIAL

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In this chapter:

(1)"Freeware" means software distributed to a person free of charge, regardless of whether use of the software is subject to certain restrictions.

(2)"Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(3)"Interactive computer service" means any information service or system that provides or enables computer access to the Internet by multiple users.

(4)"Internet" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.

(5)"Shareware" means copyrighted software for which the copyright owner sets certain conditions for the software's distribution and use, including requiring payment to the copyright owner after a person who has secured a copy of the software decides to use the software, regardless of whether the payment is for additional support or functionality of the software.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.