[License-discuss] Screenshots of Open Source SW

2014-03-17 Thread Sebastian Hoffmann
Dear license-discuss, software and open source licensing is tightly concerned with copyright law of software.Another topic tightly concerned with copyright are images.So I was wondering how to handle screenshots of open source software.Most licenses do not explicitly cover this subject (i.e. LGP

Re: [License-discuss] Screenshots of Open Source SW

2014-03-17 Thread Gervase Markham
On 16/03/14 13:31, Sebastian Hoffmann wrote: > I think, Wikipedia for instance treats screenshots in the meaning of > "derived work", which is sometimes covered by OS licenses. > As a result the screenshot has a remark (when you click on it), that it > has the same license as the originating OS pro

Re: [License-discuss] Screenshots of Open Source SW

2014-03-17 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hello, On 03/17/2014 06:24 PM, Gervase Markham wrote: On 16/03/14 13:31, Sebastian Hoffmann wrote: I think, Wikipedia for instance treats screenshots in the meaning of "derived work", which is sometimes covered by OS licenses. As a result the screenshot has a remark (when you click on it), that

Re: [License-discuss] Screenshots of Open Source SW

2014-03-19 Thread Sebastian Hoffmann
Hello, > > Are there really countries with no concept of this at all? As far as I know, "fair use" is a concept usally to be find in states with "common law".Legal systems based on "civil law" have copyright laws and citation laws, which explicitly state what is permitted and what not.The probl