PART ONE GENERAL PRINCIPLES PART TWO REGISTRATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS PART THREE SOFTWARE PRODUCTION PART FOUR MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS PART FIVE SUPERVISION PART SIX SUPPLEMENTATION Article One The promulgation of the provisional regulation aims at enhancing the software products management, promoting the development Article Two The regulation is applicable to the replication of software carried by all kinds of devices which are provided to the Article Three The development, production and marketing of software are encouraged for the purpose of carrying forward the development Article Four Software development, production, management and import and export must not contradict the relevant laws and regulations, 1. violating intellectual property right. 2. carrying computer virus endangering the computer system. 3. carrying contents forbidden by the government. Article Five The Ministry of the Electronic Industry is in charge of the national software administration.
PART TWO REGISTRATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Article Six The state exercises a system of registration and filing over software products. The National Software Product Management Article Seven Application for the registration and filing of software products shall be submitted by the relevant manufacturer together 1. a copy of legal person business license issued by the Administration of Industry and Commerce. 2. the identity certificate of the legal representative and the relevant materials. 3. the valid copyright certificate of the software product, including the valid certificate for holding the copyright by the relevant 4. the name, contents, function, the copyright holder, materials concerning the registration and filing of the software copyright 5. when the registration is applied for through the delegation of a software manufacturer, the certificate of authorization shall Article Eight Application for the registration and filling of an imported software product shall be undertaken by the relevant importer, Article Nine Application for the registration and filing of a foreign software product made domestically shall be undertaken by the Article Ten In case of the change of the registered software items, the applicant shall go through the formalities of the change of Article Eleven Producers of software shall meet the following requirements: 1. They shall be corporate bodies, established under the approval of the Administration of Industry and Commerce, and the operation 2. They shall have the necessary conditions and technical ability, for software production. 3. They shall have a fixed place for production. 4. They shall have the means and capability to guarantee the quality of both the product and the production. Article Twevele The producer shall hold or be franchised or licensed the copyright of the software they produce. Article Thirteen The software producers shall be responsible for the examination of the contents of their products. Article Fourteen The quality of the relevant software shall comply with the relative technology and software standard, and the quality Article Fifteen Software for the users shall be marked on the outer package with the name, version number, copyright owner, registration Article Sixteen The software products provided to users (including foreign software imported or produced locally) shall be accompanied Article Seventeen All foreign software products imported or produced locally shall comply with stipulations of relevant laws, the Article Eighteen Production of pirated software, software for deciphering secret and software with the main function of removing technology-protection Article Nineteen Laser-disc producers approved by the competent agencies are not allowed to produce software items that have not been
PART FOUR MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Article Twenty The management of software products mainly takes the form of agency. Agency agreements in written form shall be signed Article Twenty-One Agents are required to put up their agency qualification certificates in a conspicuous position in their business Article Twenty-Two Managing institution of software products shall conduct he management in the form of licensing. A written licensing Article Twenty-Three The software sellers shall sell the software products according to the stipulations of Article 15 and Article Article Twenty-Four No organizations are permitted to deal in software products which have not been registered and filed or software Article Twenty-Five Software products provided together with hardware, such as computers, shall comply with the relative stipulations Article Twenty-Six The testing edition of the software products shall be marked clearly and provided free of charge, and shall not Article Twenty-Seven The Software Product Management Departments are enpost_titled to supervise and inspect such activities concerning
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