Chapter II Software Copyright
  第二章 软件著作权

Article 8 Software copyright owners shall enjoy the following rights: 
 第八条 软件著作权人享有下列各项权利：

1. The right of publication, that is, the right to decide whether or not to make their software available to the public;  
　　（一）发表权，即决定软件是否公之于众的权利；

2. The right of authorship, that is, the right to indicate the creators' identity and to sign their names on their software;  
　　（二）署名权，即表明开发者身份，在软件上署名的权利；

3. The right of alteration, that is, the right to add or delete the elements of their software or to alter instructions or expression sequences;  
　　（三）修改权，即对软件进行增补、删节，或者改变指令、语句顺序的权利；

4. The right of reproduction, that is, the right to make one or more copies of their software; 
 　　（四）复制权，即将软件制作一份或者多份的权利；

5. The right of distribution, that is, the right to supply the originals or copies of their software to the public in the form of sale or gift;  
　　（五）发行权，即以出售或者赠与方式向公众提供软件的原件或者复制件的权利；

6. The right of rental, that is, the right to license other persons to use their software temporarily, except where their software is not the key subject matter of the rental;  
　　（六）出租权，即有偿许可他人临时使用软件的权利，但是软件不是出租的主要标的的除外；
7. The right of dissemination through information networks, that is, the right to supply their software to the public in the form of wire or wireless, in order to make the members of the public to obtain their software on the time or in the place selected; 
 　　（七）信息网络传播权，即以有线或者无线方式向公众提供软件，使公众可以在其个人选定的时间和地点获得软件的权利；

8. The right of translation, that is, the right to convert their original software from a natural language into another; and 
 　　（八）翻译权，即将原软件从一种自然语言文字转换成另一种自然语言文字的权利；

9. Other rights that shall be enjoyed by software copyright owners. 
 　　（九）应当由软件著作权人享有的其他权利。

Software copyright owners may license other persons to exercise their software copyright and shall have the right to accept compensations.
  　　软件著作权人可以许可他人行使其软件著作权，并有权获得报酬。

Software copyright owners may, wholly or partly, transfer their software copyright and shall have the right to accept compensations. 
 　　软件著作权人可以全部或者部分转让其软件著作权，并有权获得报酬。