Interoperability.

Interoperability.

Posted Jan 6, 2006 15:14 UTC (Fri) by rrw (guest, #9757)
Parent article: A 2005 retrospective

The bnetd decision placed limits on our right to create interoperable software.

There is a life outside of US.

Polish copyright law (Ustawa o Prawach Autorskich) contains two interesting points regarding computer software:

Art. 75 pkt 2 ppkt 3

Allows all forms of research incl. reverse engineering of copyrighted software in order to create interoperable software.

Art. 76

(quoted verbatim) Contract's clauses conflicting with art 75 pkt 2 and 3 are invalid[1].

I believe there are similar provisions in copyright laws of other European countries

Robert

[1] Polish: niewazne -- non-binding? void?

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