Le 08/07/11 12:01, David Nelson a écrit : David,
How much clearer can this page be : http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx "You may only copy, modify, distribute, display, license, or sell the content if you are granted explicit permission within the End-User License Agreement (EULA) or License Terms that accompany the content or are provided in the following guidelines. __For more information, consult your copyright attorney.__" "Fonts Use the free Font properties extension to determine who owns a font that Microsoft distributes. A number of Microsoft fonts may be licensed from Ascender Corporation. These include Verdana, Georgia, Comic Sans MS, Microsoft Sans Serif, Nina, Tahoma, Wingdings, Webdings, and Trebuchet MS. For more information regarding fonts, and for links to font vendors, visit the Microsoft Typography Web site." "Microsoft Icons Microsoft product icons are the thumbnail-sized images indicating that a Microsoft product has been installed on your operating system. Icons may not be used in advertising, in books and other printed matter, on clothing or other promotional items, in online and Internet locations, in software applications, in television programs, in commercials, in movies, or on videotape. You may use Microsoft product icons in training manuals or documentation about a Microsoft product. The use of the icon must be specific to the function of the icon within the Microsoft software. The icon may not be used as a graphical or design element. Icons cannot be modified or altered and must appear as they would within the Microsoft software. Microsoft makes certain icons available to developers. (Find more information about how to buy Microsoft developer products.) If you have licensed a Microsoft development tool, review the redistributable section of the EULA to learn which Microsoft properties may be redistributed by licensees." "Screen Shots You may not use screen shots of Microsoft product boot-up screens, opening screens, "splash screens," or screens from beta release products or other products that have not been commercially released. You may use other screen shots in advertising, in documentation (including educational brochures), in tutorial books, in videotapes, or on Web sites, provided that, in addition to the requirements above, you: Do not alter the screen shot except to resize it. Do not use portions of screen shots. Do not include screen shots in your product user interface. Do not use screen shots that contain third-party content. Do not use screen shots that contain an image of an identifiable individual." This paragraph is dependent on the preceding limitations of use and authorisations, or a form of exception if you prefer. As an exception to the general rule, it is always construed narrowly, and indeed this paragraph specifically mentions "__in addition__ to the requirements above". I make part of my living out of representing IP rights holders in legal actions against those who do not respect those rights, but also defending those who happen to be on receiving end when the boot is on the other foot. Fortunately, I represent none of the parties here, neither TDF, Microsoft, Apple or any of the Linux distribs so I would like to believe I am fairly independent. For me, Microsoft have pretty much summed it up in their last sentence of the first paragraph I posted : "For more information, consult your copyright attorney." It is a no-brainer : either ask in MS writing, consult an attorney for each territory of interest (expensive no doubt, and possibly unsatisfactory, with fairly heterogeneous answers), or just plain don't use MS's stuff. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
