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Legally non-free pictures shouldn't be used to illustrate free software. The following images are {{CopyrightByWikimedia}}, and should be replaced with ones showing non-Wikipedia websites that are freely licensed so that they do not hinder free use. Also, do we REALLY have to demonstrate everything with Wikimedia logos? We've got a WHOLE COLLECTION OF IMAGES you can use here to demonstrate stuff. ViperSnake151 (talk) 17:31, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This list will keep growing though as I purge through Category:Copyright by Wikimedia. It's pretty unfortunate that I have to do this, but I don't think nominative non-free images of Wikipedia should be used to illustrate things that aren't specifically Wikipedia. ViperSnake151 (talk) 17:39, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Replacements would be useful, though, and they must not be any more Windows than the deleted ones. --AVRS (talk) 07:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Incidental uses of Windows do not violate copyright. Otherwise everyone who ever programmed for Windows would violate copyright by creating derivative works. -Nard the Bard22:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Replacements are especially wanted for screenshots of old software which doesn't run on modern operating systems. --AVRS (talk) 21:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
and should be replaced with ones showing non-Wikipedia websites that are freely licensed - there are no such websites. Wikipedia is the only freely licensed website on the Internet. -- Prince Kassad (talk) 16:16, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I've asked this before. I'm glad someone considered this a real issue. It's dangerous for the visitors to offer free images and a bit free images in the same place. Not only the logo is not free but it's a pain to comply to GFLD just because the screenshot shows some text. FedericoMP (talk) 06:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What is wrong with causing that sort of pain? We don't delete images because complying with their licensing requirements is difficult so long as those requirements are permitted by COM:L. That reasoning would require that we delete all {{GFDL}} (etc) images because "it is a pain to comply with the GFDL" — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb15:09, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The logos are incidental to the screenshot. It is irrelevant whether the logos are copyrighted or not. If someone modifies the image to crop to the logo itself, it's no longer a derivative of this image but a reuse of the logo, and so reuse of this image is irrelevant. If someone modifies the logo within the image, it's a trademark issue, and does not affect the freeness of this image. Avoid copyright paranoia. Bastiquedemandez18:31, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there's quite a difference between an image of a logo (or any other artwork), either large or small, and actually using a trademarked logo for own purposes. Moreover, there's a difference between the actual full scale artwork, and just an incidental appearance. See also User:Bastique. --LimoWreck (talk) 18:05, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The use of a trademarked logo in an image does not make the image any less free. For example, look at Time square by Monobi.jpg, which contains numerous trademarked logos. Is that image encumbered by their presence? I think not, but you may also look here for a detailed discussion, with both sides of the argument well-represented.
You are confusing trademark with copyright here. Its COM:DM in those cases, incidental. For most of these cases, its purposely using a Wikipedia web page, and thus, is non-free, no matter what excuses you make. ViperSnake151 (talk) 11:43, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a description of the licensing to the image page. You may want to make a screenshot without the non-free logo and extensions. There are also some icons which I do not recognize. --AVRS (talk) 16:05, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Probarly the mediaplayer and the weatherbug? When I make a new screenshot, which parts shouldn't be shown, only the mozillaFirefox logo or also other parts? By the way thanx for the licensing! Matthias92 (talk) 21:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It'd be better to avoid all the non-free parts. The media player buttons may be ineligible for copyright (not sure about them together, though), but WeatherBug hardly is. Not sure about the Mozilla M on the right; the Google search engine can be changed to Creative Commons, whose icon is more trivial (though trademarked) and at worst is under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Get rid of the dictionary icon / bookmark in the shot; and having Hotmail there is just a shame ;-). --AVRS (talk) 22:18, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hahaha, I'll see what I can do. I think I'm gonna make a new shot, or I'll play a bit with Paint, that will do! Hey, about the Hotmail, I'm a dutch boy and 16 years old, so I just have to (stereotype) :)
I see, but if I'd take away the Firefox logo, than wat's left, than what's the difference between Internet Explorer or Safari and M Firefox? Matthias92 (talk) 16:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't mean you shouldn't remove the Google logo; it's just that you have erased a part of the arrow with it in version 2. But you should upload the new versions with the same sense over the old ones; they will still be available through the list below, and the non-free ones can be deleted as well without the last one having a useless number at the end.
The best difference is that you can legally edit the screenshot and upload it to Commons. Non-free extensions make it hard to capture the difference in a free screenshot, but it is possible to avoid them.
Okay, but is there no possibility to rename the images? However, shall I upload another one, the same like number 3 but without the google logo/trademark? (but with an unbroken arrow:-) I'll give it another name without numbers so we can nominate the others for {{Speedydelete}}. We don't need the older versions, do we? Kind regards, Matthias92 (talk) 21:20, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(Resetting identation to 1)
It is (almost) impossible to rename an image, but it is possible to delete an image no matter if it has its own name, or if it is only a “version” sharing a name with others. The difference is that the description lives its own life (except when all of the images are deleted), so when someone reverts or uploads a new version of the image, the description stays unchanged (and vice-versa). The upside of that is that history for all the versions is in one place. Deleting an unused image no one really needs is easy and safe – it can be restored, if you know or can find the file name. Creating too many useless names or versions is not very good, since they are not really deleted. --AVRS (talk) 14:20, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All kept. Please direct any questions to my talk page. --O (谈 • висчвын) 21:57, 21 September 2008 (GMT)