COPYING OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
Policy-Making by the President
Wayne State University
Executive Order 86-1
- 1.0 PURPOSE
- 1.1 It is the purpose of this executive order to provide
for compliance with federal copyright law, as regards
computer software programs, and to prescribe the
responsibilities of University employees to assure such
compliance.
- 2.0 POLICY
- 2.1 University employees who purchase, lease, or otherwise
acquire computer software programs for word processing
and office automation, or for any other University use,
with University funds, may not copy any such program
which contains a notice of copyright.
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2.2 Any University employee who participates, directly or
indirectly, in the copying of any software program in
violation of this order, will be deemed to have
misappropriated property, and will be subject to
appropriate disciplinary measures.
- 3.0 EXCEPTIONS
- 3.1 This policy does not prohibit the copying of software
programs which are covered by the express written
permission of the copyright holder allowing such
copying. Nor does this policy prohibit the copying of
any software program which does not contain a notice of
copyright, or which the Office of the General Counsel
has expressly determined to not be subject to copyright
protection.
- 4.0 DURATION
- 4.1 This executive order is revocable by the president at
any time and without notice.
- 5.0 EFFECTIVE DATE
- 5.1 This executive order is effective upon issuance.
Signed by President David W. Adamany February 11, 1986.
