I think the 3rd party content exception is listed because Microsoft can't give permission to show 3rd party content. They mention that case generally at the top of the page with regard to what Microsoft is unable to do. (Note that the same situation arises whether it is Ubuntu or some other GUI. There's nothing in the GPL about screen captures from an installed GPL-licensed product.)
Since there is no problem with having permission for Apache OpenOffice content in Microsoft screen captures, I doubt there is a problem, any more than there is in anyone else's install and getting-started guides. Note, however, that if the Apache OpenOffice screen shot includes 3rd party content from someone else, it needs to be clear that AOO has permission to display that. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Mike Tuma [mailto:mtuma5...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 14:36 To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [Discuss][User Guide]Screenshots Please ignore my grammatical errors :-) On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Mike Tuma <mtuma5...@gmail.com> wrote: > I concur that using Ubuntu for the screenshots, however I find it very > curios that 87% of downloads are Windows Server users (or does 2012 > encapsulate Win8 also?). To put everyone at ease I looked up the legalese > from Microsoft, and according to them, we can use their screenshots as long > as we conform to their rules. The sticky one is number 4, and it is not > well defined...back to Ubuntu? > > > http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx#ERG > > Cheers, > Mike > > > > > > Hi all; > >> >> If there is lack of consensus on whether there is legal risk or not then >> the best way to go is to use a Linux variant. We can put a Note in the >> Introduction that the appearance of some elements will differ from what >> they see in the documentation. >> >> Regards >> Keith > >
