Re: Permission to publish screenshot of ImageJ

Posted by dscho on Jul 11, 2013; 1:51pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Permission-to-publish-screenshot-of-ImageJ-tp5003888p5003917.html

Hi Jan,

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jul 2013, Jan wrote:
>
> > > whom do I have to ask whether I can include a ImageJ screenshot (no
> > > reference whatsevere to the subject can be seen, only a pixeled
> > > graphic and the resulting table) into a paper of mine, which I will
> > > submit for publication in a scientific journal?
>
> Screenshots generated using some software are not covered by said
> software's copyright;

To clarify: if you are the creator of said screenshot, you can choose
whatever license you want for it.

It is like taking a photograph: if you took the picture, it is for you to
decide how it can be distributed; the camera manufacturer has no say in
it, unless the license for using the camera had some clauses (in which
case the camera manufacturer would be out of business pretty quickly).

Ciao,
Johannes

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