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SubjectRe: Dell vs. GPL
Russell King wrote:
> > So, in the UK, you lose some (non-transferable) moral rights by virtue
> > of it being a computer program, but not all moral rights. In
> > particular you don't have the moral right to be identified as author
> > or director of the work, or the right to object to derogatory
> > treatment of the work.
>
> Now go back and read the URL Richard posted:
>
> http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l26027.htm
>
> particularly (7).

This says nothing about moral rights.

> Next, you need to find out what happened when this later piece of
> law got passed through parliament:
>
> http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19923233_en_5.htm
>
> Note that the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 seems to have
> been ammended.

The sections I quoted about moral rights are from the amended Act:

http://www.jenkins-ip.com/patlaw/index1.htm

-- Jamie
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