Commons talk:Screenshots
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[edit] Have to use a free operating system?
If I use a free tool to take the screenshot, and it is a screenshot of a free program, like Mozilla Firefox, does it really matter if they are running on a non-free operating system? Geo Swan 07:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
- As long as you remove propietary widgets and window decorations, there's no need to use only free OS. Check Commons:Deletion_requests/Windows_screenshots. By the way, beware with Mozilla Firefox because it includes non free logos such as the Firefox logo itself. FedericoMP 23:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- The referenced Briefing Paper on Copyright in Screenshots does not say anything about the need of a free operation system so I removed that part. I think it's a missunderstanding of the part: "when seeking to license screenshots of software this may involve not only any graphical images included in the software, but also toolbars, fonts and the general look and feel of the software" I guess "toolbars" means the selection of buttons defined in the sourcecode of the program, it's icons, but not the grey square itself created by a shared library. Same for the "look and feel of the software", in my eyes this is more the arrangement and content of the widgets, not the widget of simple geometrical shape itself, which looks very similiar in modern operating systems anyway. --Matt 23:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Multiple licences
What if one takes a screenshot with some icons licenced under GPL and others licenced under CC-BY-SA? How would one licence the screenshot? Nichalp (talk) 09:13, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Disregard this policy?
There is current discussion about disregarding this policy at Commons:Deletion requests/Screenshots with non-free logos —Danorton (talk) 19:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Use of professional drawing software
Users are reading this page as a prohibition on uploading images produced by professional drawing software, see Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Robot autosond catia2.jpg. Regardless of the legal merits of this page, that is not what this page is about, and that should be clear from its wording. The intro is far too categorical. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 12:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Screenshots of non-free programs
A question appeared on the Help desk which brings up a case that needs clarifying on Commons:Screenshots:
- Commons:Help desk#Not sure how to choose the license for my software screenshot image (permanent link)
Namely, what if the copyright owner of a nonfree software program wants to upload a screenshot to Commons? Currently, Commons:Screenshots says:
- Computer screenshots are subject to the copyright of the displayed program. Thus, screenshots must not be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons unless all software and data shown in them are under some free license.
- Thus, if the programmers do not agree to publish the program under a free license, and they do not explicitly license the screenshot (or all screenshots) under a free license, the screenshot is not free.
The first statement seems to exclude a possibility that the second statement mentions (in negation): the copyright holder explicitly licensing a screenshot under a free license. It would be nice to clarify exactly what Wikimedia Commons needs from the copyright holder (presumably this would involve dealing with OTRS). --Teratornis (talk) 07:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- The reason OTRS may be needed is because you got this non-free program out there and here some uploader is trying to say that a screenshot of it is free because they say so.. we need proof they are who they say they are. I'm guessing any program notable enough for WP has some kind of official site from where they can email us the permission. 71.155.242.65 08:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Screencasts
Might be an odd question, but this page talks about screenshots in terms of static images. Do the same rules apply to screencasts videos of free applications?
