[Gvsig_english] rights in screen shots
Luis W. Sevilla
sevilla_lui at gva.es
Mon Dec 21 20:11:08 CET 2009
Hi,
maybe this are old news but ... GPL as license means something: You
have rights to use, without restrictions, and redistribute, without
restrictions.
So, capturing screenshots and release it are entirely granted by
license, an thus you don't need to ask permission because license it's
already granting it to you.
Hope it helps
Luis
Fabien Guerreiro wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> (sorry for my approximative English)
> After our discussion about rights in copying screen shots in order to
> write courses, I don't know for Australia, but in France we have "code de
> la propriété intellectuelle" what ,
> and that say (sorry for approximative translate and, I'm not jurist, only
> try to give a part of response) :
> For teaching, make support for formation, when a product is published, you
> can use part of this work as illustration to make support, and you have to
> put explicitly the source of the product...
> Again, sorry for translation if it's not exactly the same in French, and
> it's only a part of the text!!
>
> So for my support, when my title is help for GvSIG 1.9, and only to help
> with moreover don't earn money or criticise a software, you can use
> screenshots (in France but I thing you have similar text of law in each
> state of the world, isn't it?).
> I hope what I say give you some help in your work,
> Best regards,
>
> Users and Developers mailing list
> <gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es> écrit:
>
>> Fabian,
>>
>> I understand what you are saying.
>>
>> My understanding is that although the program is released as open
>> source
>> the actual variation released by Generalitat Valenciana is covered by
>> copyright.
>>
>> This means, at least in Australia, that I must get permission to make
>> images of the logo and software. Although under fair use provisions
>> under the copyright act I can extract some images for review and
>> criticism. Copying most, if not all dialogs, may not be considered
>> fair use.
>>
>> I always find it useful to ask and get permission.
>>
>> I have actually done this over the last few days, on this list, but no
>> one has replied. I have a desire to prepare some tutorials relevant to
>> Australia and would like permission to present various dialogs, like
>> you
>> have done so well, in my documents. So far no one has answered.
>> Probably;y because gvSIG is actively working on a English manual
>> themselves.
>>
>> Cheers Simon
>>
>> Simon Cropper
>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
>> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
>> mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> <mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>> web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>>
>>
>>
>> Fabien Guerreiro wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Simon!
>>>
>>> First sorry for my english!
>>>
>>> Users and Developers mailing list
>>> <gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es> écrit:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Can't read a lick of French, but it is obvious from the
>>>>
>> diagrams you have
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> put together a valuable resource. I could even follow what was
>>>
>> going on
>>
>>> even with my lack of language skills.
>>> Thanks for this. I hope this files can be use by users of GvSIG.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> When putting together the package. Who in gvSIG did you ask
>>>>
>> for
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> permission for use images of the program and the gvSIG logo, or
>>>
>> was this
>>
>>> not necessary?
>>> Sure, for the logo, I asked here, And Virginia Morales said to me
>>>
>> that
>>
>>> there is not problem for the logo (perhaps because I don't put my
>>>
>> work for
>>
>>> money). I'm never sure about logos so, in trouble, i never put
>>>
>> them; but
>>
>>> here, i asked for the first time.
>>> For the images, we can use this. You can see a lot of papers with
>>>
>> software
>>
>>> images everywhere. In my own, It's not se same, the software and
>>>
>> who it
>>
>>> works (engineering - libraries) are in GPL but the images of the
>>>
>> product
>>
>>> are not the same? .
>>> Moreover GvSig is a free-ware, open source - it would be very
>>>
>> pity to
>>
>>> restricted the use of possibilities to make help to use it!!!
>>> So if I'm in wrong, someone will correct what I say.
>>> I put myself the same question when I made the help for
>>>
>> ArcView/ArcGis,
>>
>>> and I asked it to ERSI France, and my commercial in ESRI France
>>>
>> reassured
>>
>>> me!
>>>
>>>
>>> �Cordialement,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Fabien GUERREIRO
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> �Cordialement,
>
>
>
> Fabien GUERREIRO
>
>
>
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>
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