On 01/09/2013 01:24 AM, Guy Waterval wrote:
Hi all,
2013/1/8 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>
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<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.
The reverse case is for me more interesting. Books about OpenOffice, but
not under a free license, sometimes written by free authors, with a
disclaimer saying that you are not allowed to reproduce or modify any
slight part of the book. OK, the disclaimer comes from the publisher, but
what about the UI screenshots, dialog boxes, ...? Nobody reacts, so I think
there is no risk, especially with MS which is not a stupid company.
A+
Although I expect that it is not a problem, some of the wording seems a
bit strange; for example, disallowing "portions of screen shots", which
sounds like you must always show the entire screen.
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
