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also known as reverse engineering, is the process of disassembling computer software, usually by translating executable program code—which is an object code version of the program—into a more advanced programming language that is human-readable. EU Directive 2009/24, which superseded Directive 91/250, grants *copyright protection for computer software across the EU. However, under some extremely specific conditions, that directive grants a very restricted permission to decompile for the specified aim of creating an interoperable application. Any clause in a contract that limits this restricted right shall be null and void. In the UK the original 1991 directive is implemented by the Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992 by way of amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
also known as reverse engineering, is the process of disassembling computer software, usually by translating executable program code—which is an object code version of the program—into a more advanced programming language that is human-readable. EU Directive 2009/24, which superseded Directive 91/250, grants *copyright protection for computer software across the EU. However, under some extremely specific conditions, that directive grants a very restricted permission to decompile for the specified aim of creating an interoperable application. Any clause in a contract that limits this restricted right shall be null and void. In the UK the original 1991 directive is implemented by the Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992 by way of amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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