If you haven't signed such an agreement yet, they can withhold your diploma until you do. Definitely make sure you understand your university's policy toward s

If you haven't signed such an agreement yet, they can withhold your diploma until you do. Definitely make sure you understand your university's policy toward student work, companies, and inventions, and how rights are divided if at all between university, students, and faculty. Using university resources would likely give them an even stronger claim of ownership. They could even sue you later.