Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:21:30 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Dell vs. GPL |
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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
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