2011/7/8 André Schnabel <[email protected]>: > Hi Norbert, * > > Am 08.07.2011 15:15, schrieb Norbert Thiebaud: >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Simon Phipps <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 8 Jul 2011, at 13:09, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>>> Hi :) >>>> Except screen-shots in Windows can't have any useful arrows or circles to >>>> point >>>> out the exact thing being talked about in the documentation. >>> Only screenshots of /Microsoft/ products. >>> >> Isn't that exactly what 'Fair Use' is all about ? > > > Absolutely. Unfortunately "Fair use" is not a term in each and every > juristications of this world. E.g. German law does not know about "fair > use" - but has other ways to prevent misuse of copyright. > > But: no matter what the real legal situation might be - Microsoft's > position is that all screen shots taken on a windows system need to > follow Microsoft's rules (what is quite exactly what Tom wrote).
I don't really care about Microsoft's position (and it is doubtful that most of the EULA conditions actually would hold in face of real law - in most european jurisdiction private contract - especially the one not entered into freely and not negotiated on equal footing - do not trump common law), but: Use it and if Microsoft actually has legal standing, let's put 'censured by Microsoft' sticker on the screen-shoot in place of the 'offending' icons. and see how long it will take Microsoft PR department to weight to pros and cons of the situation. Norbert -- 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
