Do tell.The gist is that WordPerfect and Novell both came out of BYU one way or another and BYU never saw a dime. They have a policy now (I'll have to dig up the actual document some day) that all creative works produced while you're a student or faculty of BYU is property of BYU. Many Universities have policies like this. Most students ignore it, of course, but most professors can't. The Tech. Transfer Office was created to handle sales of technologies created at BYU.
I'm not really sure to what extent the policy covers art (or Art, for that matter.)
How very interesting. I suppose they presume that I forfeit some of my rights just by paying tuition or something without notice? Can anyone verify this? What qualifies as 'technology created at BYU'? Technology created on their resources (computers,network,under their lighting)? Should I call the Technology Transfer Office?
Thanks,
Mark
-- When the dust has cleared And victory denied A summer too lofty A river a little too wide If we keep our pride Though paradise is lost We will pay the price But we will not count the cost
-Rush, Roll the Bones, Bravado
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