> -----Original Message----- > From: wine-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:wine-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jtnire > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:51 AM > To: wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: DMCA and EU Copyright laws > > I've actually found something in UK law (I'm from the UK), > which may explicitly allow what WINE has done with the > various forms of copy protection: > > > Code: > Decompilation. > 50B.-(1) [b]It is not an infringement[/b] of copyright > for a lawful user of a copy of a computer program expressed > in a low level language- > > (a) to convert it into a version expressed in a higher > level language, or > > (b) incidentally in the course of so converting the > program, to copy it, > > (that is, to "decompile" it), provided that the conditions in > subsection (2) are met. > > (2) The conditions are that- > > (a) it is necessary to decompile the program [b]to > obtain the information necessary to create an independent > program which can be operated with the program decompiled or > with another program[/b] ("the permitted objective"); and > > (b) the information so obtained is not used for any > purpose other than the permitted objective. > > > (3) In particular, the conditions in subsection (2) are > not met if the lawful user- > > (a) has readily available to him the information > necessary to achieve the permitted objective; > > (b) does not confine the decompiling to such acts as > are necessary to achieve the permitted objective; > > (c) supplies the information obtained by the > decompiling to any person to whom it is not necessary to > supply it in order to achieve the permitted objective; or > > (d) uses the information to create a program which is > substantially similar in its expression to the program > decompiled or to do any act restricted by copyright. > > > > IANAL btw > > What do you think? I think you're mixing up Wine itself, and the applications that users may install and use on it. D
