I say, and with God's success: The right to innovation and authorship is a right that is legally recognized, so no one is allowed to act on this right without the permission of the innovator or author, and this applies to computer program rights as well. However, the infringement of this right is only conceivable if someone produces such a product, book, or program widely for commercial purposes or with the intent to profit. If it is made for personal use or to gift it to some friends without compensation, then this does not constitute an infringement on the right of innovation. What is imposed by book publishers and computer program producers in preventing people from copying the book or computer disk or part of it for personal benefit, and not for trade, has no justification at all. This applies to the owner of the book or disk, who has the right to act as he wishes for personal benefit, and the producer cannot prevent him from that. What is prohibited is producing similar works for profit and trading without his permission. This is what our Sheikh Al-Othmani mentioned in the jurisprudence of sales 1: 275, and God knows best.