Re: Documentation Images: Display OSD
- From: Pascal de Bruijn <pmjdebruijn pcode nl>
- To: Niklas Park <niklas park gmail com>
- Cc: gnome-color-manager-list <gnome-color-manager-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Documentation Images: Display OSD
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:41:33 +0100
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Niklas Park <niklas park gmail com> wrote:
> A little warning seems to be in place here.
> I can't see how you could put these screenshots under CC, FDL or any other
> license, since the copyright clearly belongs to the manufacturer of the
> device, or the person or entity the manufacturer licenses the OSD from. I
> can't really see that a screengrab could constitute original art under any
> jurisdiction.
Well, you've got a fair point there... In this case that would be HP...
> The best one could hope for is that using these images constitutes fair use,
> of course with correct attribution to the copyright holder, but IANAL.
Since it's not a 1:1 (pixel-perfect) copy, and doesn't contain any
brand logo's, it probably does...
Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn
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