[cc-community] More dudes about CC and GNOME desktop's images
dooteo
dooteo at zundan.com
Wed Apr 2 11:08:25 EDT 2008
Lot of thanks, Terry :)
Dooteo
Jatorrizko mezua: az., 2008-04-02 09:43 -0500, egilea: Terry Hancock
> dooteo wrote:
> > Following the thread of previous messages, I'm creating some videos
> > where I explaining in Basque language how to use GNOME desktop (the
> > target is to teach to those users that never have been used GNOME
> > before). In GNOME desktop appears icons and other stuff (which are GPL
> > licensed).
> >
> > So, (perhaps is a silly question) does GNOME's GPL license affect to my
> > videos? Can I use CC Attribute or Shale Alike licensed songs in those
> > videos (where appears GNOME)?
>
> Three things:
>
> 1) Using pictures of a program in use is "fair use", so it
> falls outside of copyright, even if the software is restrictively
> licensed (a tutorial is a kind of review/commentary use).
>
> 2) The GPL doesn't place copyleft restrictions on the *output* of
> programs, even if #1 isn't a strong enough protection.
>
> 3) No one in the free software community is EVER going to sue you
> for this sort of thing, even if it were theoretically possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
>
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