-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dene schrieb: > > Curtis Olson wrote: >> That's all well and good, except I think we want our screenshots to be >> redistributable and used and shared as much as possible. This is an >> open and free project. I really want to avoid going down the path of >> having to decide who can and can't use our screenshots and then trying >> to gin up appropriate justification for whatever arbitrary choice we >> make in any particular situation. This might be one of those cases >> where it's better to just allow something that we may not be 100% >> happy with in order to fully protect every one's freedom. Not that I >> would support or defend his actions, but perhaps I would allow it so >> that everyone else can have the same freedoms to hopefully do positive >> things. >>
I totally agree with you - but currently we aren't allowing the sharing except to those who might ask. To allow everyone to reuse the screenshots we have to state it somewhere. I suggest to have a look at one of the licences around (like CC) and put it on the web page. > I have used screenshots of Flightgear and even some pictures that people > have put links to in posts, I have done this because I find them > interesting and want to share them as much as possible, this applies to > even things like the mouse pad pictures that I gather were used in a > semi-commercial role. > > If I were made aware of concerns about doing this, I would immediately > remove them from the web-site and apologise... Dene, unless you've asked and got permission you are not allowed to share the pictures. Published screenshots *might* be harmless in this case, but as soon as you are using "private" pictures it's getting critical. Using pictures of (semi-)commercial products might already be one step too far. Copyright law is something we have to be sensible about. It is the same law that protects music as well as FlightGear... We know the value of FlightGear - an we are concerned about our intellectual property. If we want to give away the screen shots (e.g. for marketing purposes) then we should clearly tell everyone and e.g. put the licence on the page that is right for us. I wouldn't want to relying on just a verbal permission... CU, Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFXy9TlhWtxOxWNFcRAuALAJ9fEI09XFLC5Ej9tpmpza+M/XJPOgCgjLR4 agMV//I5BnTdik0AEg9QntM= =Jl2N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
