Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 07:47:12PM +0200, > Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > a message of 14 lines which said: > > Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > > As I already explained several days ago, the right to prevent > > > modifications does NOT exist for SOFTWARE. Author's rights on SOFTWARE > > > are quite limited, even in Europe. > > > > Moral rights are excluded for software? > > I never said so (unless my typing is so bad that I wrote "excluded" > when meaning "limited").
Sorry, I probably misunderstood you. You wrote above that "the right to prevent modifications does NOT exist for SOFTWARE". I took this to mean that you said that the moral right against mutilations does not exist for software. > > Can you please give me a citation for that? > > See my previous messages and the quotes from M?lanie > Cl?ment-Fontaine's analysis. On http://crao.net/gpl/gpl-I-5.html she writes: Le droit moral de l'auteur d'un logiciel est tr?s faible[102]. En effet, l'article L121-7 du CPI dispose que "sauf stipulation contraire plus favorable ? l'auteur d'un logiciel, celui-ci ne peut pas : 1?. S'opposer ? la modification du logiciel par le cessionnaire des droits (...) lorsqu'elle n'est pas pr?judiciable ni ? son honneur ni ? sa r?putation. 2?. Exercer son droit de repentir ou de retrait". N?anmoins, le droit de paternit? ainsi que le droit de divulgation subsiste. Unfortunately my French is not very good, but as I understand this, it says that the moral rights for software is very weak under the French CPI (IP law). In the next sentence she cites article L121-7 which says that the author cannot oppose modifications by a licensee or assignee as long as those do not harm the honor or reputation of the author ("lorsqu'elle n'est pas"). She then goes on to argue that because of the GPL's requirement to identify modifications, moral rights cannot be harmed. So it would appear the dangers of these moral rights is very limited in France. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/
