Hi, don't know if I can make today's SC meeting in time, therefore some comments via mail ...
> Von: Christoph Noack <[email protected]> > > History: > * The German community did some investigation during OOo times and > decided to stick with non-Windows screenshots due the (to their > opinion) unclear legal situation I tried to get some answers at that time with the result that there was no better answer than we already know (means: there is a risk but only after taken to court you will know if the risk is real or not.) > * The documentation team provides a guide [1] how to make > screenshots (e.g. theme settings, changes of LibreOffice view > settings). They once developed a theme that resembles WinXP on > Linux. I see no good reason to have a SC-vote for something that can and should be discussed within a team. I'd like to see self-organizing teams and community wherever possible. ... > > My recommendation to the SC: > * decide whether Microsoft Windows / Mac OS X screenshots can > generally be used but be carefull to have this as recommendation. This should be not mis-used to overrule or prevent any consensus deciosn of a tema. > * if yes, please guide who might be legally responsible if such > screenshots are made and published via e.g. the (international) > website(s), in TDF branded documentation, by individuals (I > assume these questions will pop up regularly) IANAL - but this is how I see things. Each contributor responsible for her contributions. But when speaking about collaborative work (like full documentaion etc.) The publisher becomes liable - for all documents that we (TFD) accept as official we are liable. So if we see real legal problems the TDF BoD *must* be aware and take a decision. Note for SC and future BoD - members: If there is an obvious breach of law and the BoD did not prevent this (or even accepted this with a formal decision) the BoD members will become personally liable. This is a restiriction in German law to prevent that BoD can act willfull or gross negligent with negative effects for the foundation. Florian is preparing more information on this and will blog soon. Anyway - I personally se no obvious breach of law here, but we should keep this in mind. So my summary for today's decision would be: - recommendation is to use screenshots taken on FLOSS operating systems. But this should not prevent a team to take screenshots on Windows or Mac (or iOS or WbOS or whatever) if this is usefull for the team's purpose. - The respective teams should be free in their decision what kind of screenshots are best for their purposes. We encourace consistency among the work we all produce, but this should not be misunderstood as a strict rule to never ever do screenshots with differend themes or from other OS if needed. regards, André -- 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
