On 16 March 2012 01:00, Ben <[email protected]> wrote:

> As I mentioned in my reply to that post, NOBODY on Earth under any law
> which I'm even vaguely aware of, allows the
> programmers/developers/publishers/sellers of ANY software to hold any
> rights whatsoever to works created with software tools designed for
> such purpose. Craftsman doesn't own your house just because it was
> built with their tools.


This turns out not to be historically the case. In the late 1970s and
early 1980s, works compiled with Microsoft's BASIC compiler could only
be sold with 9% (IIRC) going to Microsoft. This was per the terms of
the licence for the compiler. So it's been done before.


- d.

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