Hi Marc, *, On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:20:53 -0400 Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am just moving a question/answer that was raised on the documentation > team mailing list. As it is related, it should really appear on our > discussions on this topic. This has been raised many times, however, I > just realised that perhaps many of the NL teams are not aware of the MS > claims to copyright of screenshots related to their products. We should > also make a point of making these teams aware of these claims and the > reasons why we try to avoid some specific screenshots. > > Here is Sigrid's answer to the OP. Thanks Sigrid for the answer. > > Cheers > > Marc > > =========== > > Le 2011-06-29 01:41, Sigrid Carrera a écrit : > > Hi Javier, *, > > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:40:46 -0400 > > Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 06/28/2011 11:17 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > >>> Le 2011-06-28 23:07, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit : > >>>> On 06/25/2011 09:32 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > >>>>> Le 2011-06-22 00:27, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit : > >> If I were them I would go by leaving the default theme, unless there's > >> plans on mayor UI changes, also would use Windows 7 for the screenshots. > >> I'm a Linux and FLOSS full time user, but Windows would be the best > >> platform for it helps us reach a bigger market share. Most of the users > >> who will read the manuals will run some variant of the MS OS. > > > > Not too easy: > > > > The microsoft website says: > > http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx#ERG > > > > Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content > > Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009 > > > > Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software > > downloads (the "content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by > > third parties who have granted Microsoft permission to use the content. > > Microsoft cannot grant you permission for content that is owned by third > > parties. 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. > > > > Requirements for Allowed Uses > > > > For permission to be granted for any uses allowed by these guidelines, you > > must comply with the following four requirements: > > > > 1. If your use includes references to a Microsoft product, you must use the > > full > > name of the product. When referencing any Microsoft trademarks, follow > > the > > General Microsoft Trademark Guidelines. > > > > 2. You must include the following statement: "Used with permission from > > Microsoft." > > > > 3. Your use may not be obscene or pornographic, and you may not be > > disparaging, > > defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other > > person or entity. > > > > 4. You may link to Microsoft content by using either a plain text link with > > words such as "This way to Microsoft.com" or by participating in an > > applicable Link Logo program. No other images may be used as a link to a > > Microsoft site. > > > > > > And between a lot of other regulations you'll find this: > > > > > > 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: > > > > 1. Do not alter the screen shot except to resize it. > > > > 2. Do not use portions of screen shots. > > > > 3. Do not include screen shots in your product user interface. > > > > 4. Do not use screen shots that contain third-party content. > > > > 5. Do not use screen shots that contain an image of an identifiable > > individual. > > > > Point 2 disqualifies the use of Windows screenshots already. I forgot one more point: Point 1 also does not allow us to add arrows or circles to make clear about which part of the program we're talking about (something I used quite a bit already in the first chapter of the getting started guide). Sigrid -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
