that stops - dead - any benefit by the open source community to perform reverse engineering, because it explicitly says that you may not release the source code.
Only the decompiled code may not be released and the idea (the interface) may be released, IIRC.
... regarding EU directives: are individual governments _allowed_ to go beyond the bounds of the EU directives (in the implementation into law)?
Yes, unless a particular action is forbidden by a directive, I believe. Your national MEPs' office can probably verify that.
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