by macnab » Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:49 pm
This is a problem in general - screenshots of software in operation. Been reading some articles - screenshots are considered "fair-use." Some software companies don't like it, in this case I was given permission.
But that doesn't mean the images can be used willy-nilly by anybody, as GPL basically allows. What we need is a copyright tag that is along the lines of "Permission granted for use in this article only." Difficult to enforce, when people know that FG is GPL - they are not going to check the tags of any pictures.
The article would need a disclaimer stating that the images are not available for use. But they are in a central repository, not in the article.
In the meantime, maybe I should flag the wiki as WIP and say the screenshots are still coming.