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