Re: digital images

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2000, Karen Burd <klb4[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if I'm asking the right people this question but if
> > not hopefully you can direct me to the right source. If you design
> > something from a software program (e.g. a print shop or greeting
> > card program) is that considered "their" design? In other words,
> > if I designed cards from a software program could I sell them?
>
> I would be astonished if a software company claimed ownership of the
> copyright in a work created by a user of their software. On second
> thought, nothing would astonish me any more. Better read the shrinkwrap
> license and the manual that came with the software.

It is my recollection back in the days of CP/M there were C-programs distributed with the claim that the copyright in the libraries extended to application programs that incorporated the library code. Isn't this really the same issue?

What is the status of libraries today? I know that the GNU gcc compiler (GNU Compiler Collection) is not subject to the standard copy left license but rather to a watered down version just to avoid this issue.

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