On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Robert Rohde <raro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > <snip> > >> Basically I am worred about these student versions of windows >> "infecting" open source projects with illegal contributions. >> >> Just a crazy idea that has been following me. > > Rest assured, it is simply a crazy idea. Microsoft has intellectual > property right to their own software and codebase (so you can't copy > parts of Windows and call it open source), but they don't have any > follow-on rights to works wholly created by their users. > > If I create a novel in Microsoft Word, then Microsoft has no rights > that novel, even if the copy of Word I used was completely stolen. > They could sue me for the cost of the lost revenue if I am not using a > properly licensed copy of their software, but they would have no > direct claims over the intellectual works I created using it. > > -Robert Rohde > That is what I was looking for. Thank you all for you time. Thank you for humoring me. Thanks Robert. mike
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