Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:12 AM, RGB ES wrote:
http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx#ERG
"4. Do not use screen shots that contain third-party content."
This and number 2 "Do not use portions of screen shots" are problematic. I
don't think they will ever make problems for this, but...
I think this means, don't use portions of a screenshot where the
screenshot is of a Microsoft copyrighted image. So don't use portion
of Excel or Word screenshot. But we can use a portion of our own UI.
This was discussed extensively some years ago, concluding that the
OpenOffice documentation could not use screenshots that included the
Windows widgets and window decorations (like the X button to close the
window).
I know that everybody can just go to the nearest public library and find
dozen of end-user software manuals contradicting this, so I don't know
how seriously this issue should be taken. Fact is, ODFAuthors (used to?)
take all their screenshots on free operating systems due to this.
Regards,
Andrea.
