| Title: | Internet Tools |
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| Created: | Fri Jun 25 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Is it true that, one needs to acquire a license, or
register a gif, before publishing it on the web ?
Thanks...Raju.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4686.1 | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Thu May 22 1997 14:02 | 4 | |
No. The license applies to the software used to create GIFs, and then only for commercial products. Steve | |||||
| 4686.2 | MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slab | labounty@mail.dec.com | Thu May 22 1997 15:09 | 4 | |
However, it's probably a good idea to copyright a logo before publishing an image of same on the web. | |||||
| 4686.3 | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Thu May 22 1997 17:54 | 11 | |
There's an implicit copyright on anything you publish, pretty much. Whether or not you want trademark protection is another thing entirely. Of course, if you use someone else's copyrighted image, you need their permission or license - for example, the graphic at the top of the Digital Fortran web pages (http://www.digital.com/fortran) is derived from a Corel Professional Photos image which I purchased the (non-exclusive, limited) rights to. Even though my version is extensively modified from the original, I still had to credit them (and pay the $5 licensing fee.) Steve | |||||