Quick legal question... teapot related
If I take a publicly available teaset: http://www.sjbaker.org/teapot/teaset.tgz And run it through a Microsoft function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205470%28v=VS.85%29.aspx D3DXTesselateRectPatch for example And then copy the vertex buffer and index buffer and save them... Do I have the rights to use the vertex and index buffers? I am assuming yes... but wanted to double check first. Thank you Misha
On 07/20/2010 06:44 AM, Misha Koshelev wrote:
If I take a publicly available teaset: http://www.sjbaker.org/teapot/teaset.tgz
And run it through a Microsoft function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205470%28v=VS.85%29.aspx D3DXTesselateRectPatch for example
And then copy the vertex buffer and index buffer and save them...
Do I have the rights to use the vertex and index buffers?
I am assuming yes... but wanted to double check first.
I would think that the output of the function does not pass the threshold of originality requirement in U.S. copyright law. We will see what the higher powers decide. Dan
On 20 July 2010 14:52, Dan McDonald <dan(a)wellkeeper.com> wrote:
On 07/20/2010 06:44 AM, Misha Koshelev wrote:
If I take a publicly available teaset: http://www.sjbaker.org/teapot/teaset.tgz And run it through a Microsoft function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205470%28v=VS.85%29.aspx D3DXTesselateRectPatch for example And then copy the vertex buffer and index buffer and save them... Do I have the rights to use the vertex and index buffers? I am assuming yes... but wanted to double check first.
I would think that the output of the function does not pass the threshold of originality requirement in U.S. copyright law. We will see what the higher powers decide.
It absolutely does not create a new copyright in US law. (Bridgeman v. Corel.) No machine transformation of a public domain object can create a new copyright, no matter who built the machine. I still like the wine glass idea better ;-) - d.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:35 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 20 July 2010 14:52, Dan McDonald <dan(a)wellkeeper.com> wrote:
On 07/20/2010 06:44 AM, Misha Koshelev wrote:
If I take a publicly available teaset: http://www.sjbaker.org/teapot/teaset.tgz And run it through a Microsoft function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205470%28v=VS.85%29.aspx D3DXTesselateRectPatch for example And then copy the vertex buffer and index buffer and save them... Do I have the rights to use the vertex and index buffers? I am assuming yes... but wanted to double check first.
I would think that the output of the function does not pass the threshold of originality requirement in U.S. copyright law. We will see what the higher powers decide.
It absolutely does not create a new copyright in US law. (Bridgeman v. Corel.) No machine transformation of a public domain object can create a new copyright, no matter who built the machine.
So if the original file was under an acceptable license, then the output file still will be, right? Avery
On 20 July 2010 20:20, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:35 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 20 July 2010 14:52, Dan McDonald <dan(a)wellkeeper.com> wrote:
On 07/20/2010 06:44 AM, Misha Koshelev wrote:
If I take a publicly available teaset: http://www.sjbaker.org/teapot/teaset.tgz And run it through a Microsoft function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205470%28v=VS.85%29.aspx D3DXTesselateRectPatch for example And then copy the vertex buffer and index buffer and save them... Do I have the rights to use the vertex and index buffers?
I would think that the output of the function does not pass the threshold of originality requirement in U.S. copyright law. We will see what the higher powers decide.
It absolutely In does not create a new copyright in US law. (Bridgeman v. Corel.) No machine transformation of a public domain object can create a new copyright, no matter who built the machine.
So if the original file was under an acceptable license, then the output file still will be, right?
Technically, per US copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp. That said, Alexandre might want to be more paranoid. And I still like the wine glass idea;-) - d.
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