I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that Section 508 applies to information technology developed or purchased by the federal government. Private companies are not legally liable under this law, though they can be under the ADA. Whether web sites are covered by the ADA has been interpreted differently by various courts. If a federal agency develops an inaccessible web site, or purchases an inaccessible software application, it is the agency, not a private contractor or vendor, who can be the subject of a Section 508 complaint. There are exceptions in what is covered, e.g., not military technologies. Hope this helps, Jamal -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marlon Brandão de Sousa Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:24 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: sectiob 508 question Hi, Although this does not relate to programming, this does relate to blind programming. Do you know if section 508 only relates to public services or if relates also to private services? Like does section 508 must be applied in sites from private companies or only the govern sites have to comply with what it says? Thanks a lot, Marlon -- When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free." Linus Torvalds __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind