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I wasn't considering using DET educational licence software for
commercial gain but should I venture into the commercial area again
(one and only experience was unsatisfactory due to losing control over
quality) Open Office seems a good solution. Thanks for the tip Cameron.<br>
<br>
Charmaine Taylor<br>
Sunbury Downs College<br>
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Cameron Bell wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">There are private purposes - which no-one would probably take issue to,
but using for commercial purposes is very different. You only pay a
subsidised lease and you are using software licensed for educational use
only, not commercial gain.
Maybe use Open Office, no restrictions there! ;)
Charmaine Taylor wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Given that we have to pay for the laptops, I reckon we can use them
for our own private purposes.
Charmaine Taylor
Sunbury Downs College
Cameron Bell wrote:
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<pre wrap="">But it doesn't purely depend on the time it was created. Teachers
using laptops etc supplied by employers can't claim it as personal
work even if it is done on their own time.? (Especially if the work
is using educational licensed versions of the software.)
(Please correct if wrong)
Cameron
Andrew Grimshaw wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I would say the question is a dud - it does not specify when
software was developed.
In the company's time then the company owns it, but if done in the
worker's own time then they own it
-andrew grimshaw
colac college
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<pre wrap="">A question from the prac exam was:
"A young innovative programmer working for SoftEASI (a dynamic
software
development company) has developed a unique virtual reality game.
Explain to whom the rights to the game belong under the Copyright
Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000."
The answer claims that because it was undertaken during working hours,
SoftEASI owns the rights to the software, to which I disagree. Unless
the software had some connection to the work being done normally, the
author has copyright over it.
As an analogy, if there is a photojournalist for a newspaper out
taking
photos at a sporting tournament, if they take out their mobile
phone to
take a personal photo, the company does not own it, the author does.
What do others think?
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