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On Tue, 9 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was wondering about some legal stuff today.
>
> I include in the help some screencaps of Windows and of MsWord. Is it legal?
> Will I have to give fees to MS? :o)
I'm pretty sure that screenshots count as fair use, at least in the United
States. There was in fact a case very recently (Sony vs Bleem) where this
was held to be true.
>
> Also do you think we should include in a section (like credits.html) stuff
> like
> "Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds" and
> "Windows & Word is a trademark of Microsoft Corp"?
> "Solaris ..... Sun"
> etc........
>
Sounds like a good idea. But we don't have to refer to Open Source as a
trademark of the OSI, since it isn't and never will be.
> I'm curious
>
> Chris
>
>
sam th
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