Written question asked by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 February 1991. It was answered by Edward Leigh (Conservative) on Monday, 11 February 1991 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Untitled Written question

Question: If the Common Position on the Software Directive adopted by the Council of Ministers allows vendors to engage in limited reverse analysis of a programme for the purpose of developing a new programme which competes with the programme being analysed; to make it policy to seek modifications to the EC draft so software directive to add a limited derogation for maintenance purposes; & in what circumstances the compilation of software into a form which is readable by human beings will be permitted under the European software directive.

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