On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 12:26:11PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > [snip something which could equally well be a direct translation of > > the Danish law] > Not according to your previous message: you said there that the Danish > law required one to have the right to run the program, but the Finnish > one requires you to be in possession of a legal copy. Oh yes. I somehow didn't catch that difference (stupid given that was exactly why I brought up the topic). The exact wording here is "Den, der har ret til at benytte et edb-program", translating to "He/she who has the right to use [not run] a computer program". > > > (Apparently this right can be revoked by a contract.) > > It explicitly can't here. > Clauses 2 and 3 of the same paragraph in Finnish law explicitly can't, > but this was clause 1. Double-checking again, I find that I was wrong. The rights to a backup copy and to reverse engineering cannot be revoked by contract, but the right to make necessary copies and correct bugs apparently can. Do I feel foolish now? -- Henning Makholm
