Re: game screenshots with incompatibly licensed content
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> I am not sure. Is it a derivative of the content? I think the question
> is the same as: is a picture of a monument a derivative of that
> monument? You may want to ask wikipedians about that.
>
> Is it a derivative of the code? I doubt it, I see the code as being the
> tool that allowed the shooter to generate the image, just as GIMP or a
> paint brush would be.
Actual lawyers seem to say yes to both of those:
http://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots#License_of_screenshots
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/08/msg00018.html
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