Australian Copyright Council

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FAQ

I have used a spreadsheet program to create another program to make calculations. Can I put my program on disk and sell it? Do I own copyright in my program?
15/06/2008

You should check the licence that applies to the spreadsheet program to see whether it allows you to commercialise products created with the program as, if the licence does not allow this, you may be infringing copyright in the spreadsheet program by copying your program to disk for sale.

Your program is likely to be protected by copyright in its own right. You will generally own any copyright you create, unless you create it in the course of your employment.