DESMOS GRAPHING IMAGES SOFTWARE

Automatic translations or conversions from one medium to another are generally insufficient to support a claim of copyright.

However the strength of such a copyright claim is related to the degree of creative expression a user exercises in operation of the program. Whether a user of the program can claim copyright in the output is a separate issue, one not explicitly raised in the Question here.

DESMOS GRAPHING IMAGES SOFTWARE

However US copyright in the software does not by itself entail US copyright or ownership in the output of programs see this discussion of relevant US case law. Software packages such as Desmos and WolframAlpha are copyrighted, and notices of the copyright ownership are provided to online users (see bottom of respective web pages). The title asks 'Is it legal.?', but the body of the Question raises issues of attribution as well as copyright. Would it be possible to add a tooltip when one moves their cursor over the image, or is there any other better idea? In case I should attribute those graphs to the graphing calculator which generated them, what would be the least intrusive way of doing so? Should one add a note at the end of the answer (or at a comment?).Are there other online graphing calculators that are easy to use and that allow incorporating their graphs without attribution?.Am I allowed to post graphs generated by Desmos and WolframAlpha as parts of answers?.

WolframAlpha's terms of use have been clearer to understand and I think they would allow using their graphs on MSE if we add an attribution, but I'm not sure. I was wondering if it is allowed to draw the graph of a function using some online graphing calculator such as Desmos or WolframAlpha (or any other one) and add that image to the answer? If yes, should I attribute it in some way? I tried reading the Desmos terms of use but I was unable to reach a definite conclusion. Sometimes I add a graph which is created using free tools like Matplotlib, but this can take a little while. Often a relevant image can supplement an answer and make it better.

Desmos graphing images