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> Can I use the IOGraph produced image for commercial purposes?

> A: Only with our written/e-mail permission. Get in touch with us and we’ll sort that out.

So my plotted mouse movements aren't mine? What exactly is the legal claim here and how does it differ from say a CAD program?




Just like the CAD program, it comes down to the license. CAD software that, for example, has a student edition often has a license restriction forbidding using the software output for commercial purposes. It's up to the licensor to decide the terms they offer, and AFAIK, restricting commercial use is not a controversial license term from a legal perspective.


It gets a bit more controversial when the software adds exceedingly little to the creative process.

Can a pencil company dictate licensing terms of the artworks made with it? You know, legally — possibly. But ethically and morally — not even close.

CAD software adds a bit more to the engineering and design processes it is used in. There is a lot of IP, labor and money involved in building the software and its outputs.

Returning to the software at hand which records mouse movements into a raster image — that is trivial to code. It is an interesting idea, but singular, not a robust system of ideas necessary for anything like CAD. And has a lot of capital been invested to make this software possible? No.

It’s about what you give and what you take. It is a bit greedy to give very little and demand a lot.




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