On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:13:23 +0100 Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Thomas Förster -- Saturday 08 December 2007: > > Am Samstag 08 Dezember 2007 schrieb Melchior FRANZ: > > > Nobody will ask for permission. > > > > Which is OK, isn't it? > > It's "OK", yes, but not what we want. We *want* our screenshots used. > (Well, I do want *mine* used -- four of them are mine.) Of course, > we have to make good ones, or my whole argument becomes null and void. :-) > > We know which nice new features there are to show off, which nice new > aircraft. Reviewers probably use the default, and won't spend much time > getting a really nice screenshot. You know how important screenshots are. > > > > > What use is there in distributing shiny made up ad photos, if its hard for > > users to get the very same on their own screen. > > I'm very much against made up screenshots. Ones that show things that > users have no chance to see, as they'd need to install files that aren't > publically available, etc. But using the best antialiasing settings, the > best sun/shadow angle, the best weather settings, etc. isn't cheating. > It's ... umm ... *art*! :-} > > > > > Anyway your solution in effect is the same that I proposed earlier > > (explicitly grant permission for certain defined uses only) :-) > > That's the real drama. We waste much too much energy on topics where > in fact we all pretty much agree, anyway. ;-) > > m. Or we could watermark the website screenshots with "Flightgear" :) -- Syd&Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
