[Fsf-friends] Reverse engineering in India

[Thejesh GN]

 The new amendment (1999) brought forth a few changes in the fair use
provision pertaining to computer software. It added three new provisions in
the Act in Section 52(1) (aa). The new provisions read:
"(ab) the doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential for
operating interoperability of an independently created computer program with
other programs by a lawful possessor of a computer program provided that
such information is not otherwise readily available;
(ac) the observation, study or test of functioning of the computer program
in order to determine the ideas and principles which underline any elements
of the program while performing such acts necessary for the functions for
which the computer program was supplied;
(ad) the making of copies or adaptation of the computer program from a
legally obtained copy for non-commercial personal use

I have doubt with (ac). If I buy a software with the license prohibiting me
from reverse engineering it. Decomposing it will become copyright
infringement ?

Any help with the point (ac) will be great.
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Thanks,
Thejesh GN
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