On 20 July 2010 14:52, Dan McDonald <[email protected]> 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.
