                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE IN GENERAL (§ 59.1-502.3)

Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances:

1. An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any
medium reasonable under the circumstances.

2. An order or other offer to acquire a copy for prompt or current delivery
invites acceptance by either a prompt promise to ship or a prompt or current
shipment of a conforming or nonconforming copy. However, a shipment of a
nonconforming copy is not an acceptance if the licensor seasonably notifies the
licensee that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the licensee.

3. If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of
acceptance, an offeror that is not notified of acceptance or performance within
a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.

4. If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message accepting
the offer, a contract is formed:

   A. when an electronic acceptance is received; or

   B. if the response consists of beginning performance, full performance, or
   giving access to information, when the performance is received or the access
   is enabled and necessary access materials are received.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.