SOFTWARE PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to achieve national competitiveness, improve the lives of people, and contribute to the sound and sustainable development of the national economy by providing matters necessary for software promotion and thereby strengthening national software capabilities, and laying a foundation for the development of the software industry.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "software" means a collection of instructions and commands (including audio and video information) designed to cause a computer, communication equipment or automatic data processing equipment, or its peripheral devices to perform functions that include the command, control, input, processing, storage, output and interaction, as well as statements or related data to make such instructions and commands;

2. The term "software industry" means the industry that develops, produces, publishes, distributes, operates, maintains and manages software, and provides other software-related services;

3. The term "software project" means any economic activity relating to the software industry;

4. The term "software business entity" means any person engaged in a software project;

5. The term "software process" means a set of methods, procedures and activities for developing, maintaining and managing software;

6. The term "software convergence" means creative and innovative activities and phenomena that generate new social and market value through the combination or integration of technologies or services between software and different fields;

7. The term "software development security" means a series of security activities to minimize the security vulnerabilities of software in the process of software development or modification;

8. The term "software safety" means the level of confidence that there is adequate preparation for any danger to human life or body caused by an accident that may occur due to an internal malfunction or an inadequate safety function (referring to a function that prevents danger through prior risk analysis, etc.) of software in the absence of external intrusions;