Stefan Seifert writes:
>
> - From a legal perspective the easiest way for you to ensure
> that you may put screen shots of FG you made on your page is
> to put them under the GPL. One may consider a screen shot as
> a derivative work of FG as FG is used for creation and for
> example it's textures are part of the picture.
> So if you put your screen shots under GPL, too, you should
> not have to worry about any problems. This is _if_ FG authors
> do even have some rights to screen shots you made.
This is the applicable section of the GPL
Second paragraph section 0
"""
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
"""
So the question is
1: Are screenshots a result of running the program
or
2: Are screenshots a work based on the program
I would argue (1)
Cheers
Norman
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