Hi :) It is a complex area of Law in most countries. It might be even more than 1 area since we might be dealing with intellectual property rights, other copyright issues, patents & contracts.
We can easily avoid the whole legal mess by avoiding Windows and Apple screen-shots. We can just use screen-shots from gnu&linux distros as the documentation team was happily doing up until Jean popped off on holiday. There are sometimes slight differences but the documentation team has been able to work-around these either through text or by editing the screen-shots a bit. Most companies that have to worry about this sort of thing employ a legal department. I don't think TDF can afford to do that. I also don't think we can afford to take the word of any individuals about how seriously we need to take this sort of issue. So, i would personally recommend that we do as the documentation team agreed to do ages ago and just avoid the potential danger area completely by using screen-shots from organisations that honour copyleft agreements. However, i agree with Alex that we need some sort of statement from the SC to settle the issue at least until the BoD can make a 'permanent' ruling. Apols and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, 8 July, 2011 9:11:10 Subject: [steering-discuss] Re: screen-shots Documentation Team Le 06/07/11 11:48, Tom Davies a écrit : Everyone : To me, the point has more to do with SC communication. Once again, a topic has raised its head that I considered "dealt with", and now it is back on the table. Although not a member of the SC, the question of the legality of screenshot usage and associated platforms for making them has become important enough IMO for a decision to be clearly stated by the SC, so I am submitting this question as a topic for discussion to you all. If there is already a decision somewhere in the archives, or on the wiki, could someone from the SC please point us to it ? If not, please consider this question for discussion as quickly as possible and issue a statement. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
