Sponsored and mostly written by Vault Corporation, the SLEA defines the permissible terms and conditions of a software license agreement and the requirements for enforceability.
The reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembling provision of the Louisiana SLEA was invalidated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling in Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software, Ltd., 847 F.2d 255 (5th Cir.
This bill is intended to strengthen significantly the ability of software publishers and distributors to enforce their rights under trade secret and copyright laws.
"[3] Brotby predicted that the law would provide a model for the other 49 states; Vault Corp. had invested $50,000 in an effort to push the bill.
[6] Vault argued that Quaid's actions in decompiling and disassembling PROLOK constituted a violation of the software license agreement.