I am just moving a question/answer that was raised on the documentation
team mailing list. As it is related, it should really appear on our
discussions on this topic. This has been raised many times, however, I
just realised that perhaps many of the NL teams are not aware of the MS
claims to copyright of screenshots related to their products. We should
also make a point of making these teams aware of these claims and the
reasons why we try to avoid some specific screenshots.
Here is Sigrid's answer to the OP. Thanks Sigrid for the answer.
Cheers
Marc
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Le 2011-06-29 01:41, Sigrid Carrera a écrit :
Hi Javier, *,
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:40:46 -0400
Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez<cor...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 06/28/2011 11:17 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
Le 2011-06-28 23:07, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit :
On 06/25/2011 09:32 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
Le 2011-06-22 00:27, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit :
If I were them I would go by leaving the default theme, unless there's
plans on mayor UI changes, also would use Windows 7 for the screenshots.
I'm a Linux and FLOSS full time user, but Windows would be the best
platform for it helps us reach a bigger market share. Most of the users
who will read the manuals will run some variant of the MS OS.
Not too easy:
The microsoft website says:
http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx#ERG
Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content
Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009
Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software downloads (the
"content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by third parties who
have granted Microsoft permission to use the content. Microsoft cannot grant you
permission for content that is owned by third parties. You may only copy, modify,
distribute, display, license, or sell the content if you are granted explicit permission
within the End-User License Agreement (EULA) or License Terms that accompany the content
or are provided in the following guidelines. For more information, consult your copyright
attorney.
Requirements for Allowed Uses
For permission to be granted for any uses allowed by these guidelines, you must
comply with the following four requirements:
1. If your use includes references to a Microsoft product, you must use the full
name of the product. When referencing any Microsoft trademarks, follow the
General Microsoft Trademark Guidelines.
2. You must include the following statement: "Used with permission from
Microsoft."
3. Your use may not be obscene or pornographic, and you may not be disparaging,
defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other
person or entity.
4. You may link to Microsoft content by using either a plain text link with
words such as "This way to Microsoft.com" or by participating in an
applicable Link Logo program. No other images may be used as a link to a
Microsoft site.
And between a lot of other regulations you'll find this:
Screen Shots
You may not use screen shots of Microsoft product boot-up screens, opening screens,
"splash screens," or screens from beta release products or other products that
have not been commercially released. You may use other screen shots in advertising, in
documentation (including educational brochures), in tutorial books, in videotapes, or on
Web sites, provided that, in addition to the requirements above, you:
1. Do not alter the screen shot except to resize it.
2. Do not use portions of screen shots.
3. Do not include screen shots in your product user interface.
4. Do not use screen shots that contain third-party content.
5. Do not use screen shots that contain an image of an identifiable individual.
Point 2 disqualifies the use of Windows screenshots already.
Sigrid
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