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The '''World Programming System''', also known as '''WPS''', is a software product developed by a company called [[World Programming]]. WPS allows users to create, edit and run [[computer programs|programs]] written in the [[SAS language|language of SAS]].<ref name="World Programming System (WPS) – What is WPS?">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/overview|title=World Programming System (WPS) – What is WPS?|accessdate=3 February 2012|publisher=World Programming}}</ref>

The program was the subject of [[SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd|a lawsuit by SAS Institute]]. The [[European Court of Justice|EU Court of Justice]] ruled in favor of World Programming, stating that the copyright protection does not extend to the software functionality, the programming language used and the format of the data files used by the program. It stated that there is no copyright infringement when a company which does not have access to the source code of a program studies, observes and tests that program to create another program with the same functionality.<ref>{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/copyright-can-t-block-software-reverse-engineering-court.html|title=Copyright Can't Block Software Reverse Engineering: Court|last=White|first=Aoife|publisher=Bloomberg|date=2 May 2012|accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref>

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