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On 10 Aug 2011, at 09:21, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Simon Phipps wrote on 2011-08-07 14:44: >> This is too strong. The fact is, every action any project takes is subject >> to legal risk. Name one that isn't. All that's happened here is that (for >> whatever motive) the theoretical risk has been articulated for (a part of) >> this case. I'd suggest saying: >> >> "The Steering Committee feels that the legal risk involved in using >> screenshots of non-free desktops in documentation is no greater than any >> other theoretical risk facing software projects." > > not totally. IIRC, Microsoft claimed that taking screenshots will breach the > EULA. Do you have a reference where? I have only seen speculative interpretation of the EULA. > So, to me, although it is a lot of FUD, it is a bit different to any "normal" > (unclaimed) risks in daily open source work. > > To bring this topic to an end, I tried to incorporate all changes into the > following statement - thoughts welcome: > > == > Screenshots for documentation, website and marketing should preferably be > taken on GNU/Linux, but may also be taken on any other operating system. > > The Steering Committee acknowledges that there is a small legal risk involved > for screenshots on non-free operating systems, but it feels that the legal > risk involved is no greater than other theoretical risk free software > projects face. > > The Steering Committee recommends a consistent visual appearance (e.g. > theming) for the screenshots taken on the selected operating system. It is up > to the LibreOffice community how to achieve that consistency. > == > > Can we all live with that? I think it is a mistake to state that the SC acknowledges a risk. It is a hostage to fortune in the event of litigation, and it's not necessary to state. > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> > Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
