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How to request permission of using GIMP's screenshots on educational book?

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How to request permission of using GIMP's screenshots on educational book? kitchi1982-copyright@yahoo.com.hk 20 Apr 04:32
  How to request permission of using GIMP's screenshots on educational book? Liam R E Quin 20 Apr 04:50
kitchi1982-copyright@yahoo.com.hk
2013-04-20 04:32:39 UTC (about 12 years ago)

How to request permission of using GIMP's screenshots on educational book?

Dear GIMP developers,

We are writing on behalf of our company to ask your permission to use screenshots of GIMP in a textbook. The part showing screenshots of GIMP is an activity about how to use GIMP to create a complex figure. We have been trying to obtain the official confirmation to use the screenshots of GIMP. We understand that GIMP is part of the GNU project which promotes a freedom to redistribute copy to help our neighbors.

We hope you understand that our intention to publish the books on how to use GIMP is exactly what GNU promotes, and wish to receive an official confirmation to publish our products. The full details will be conducted by our designated copyright management team. We are asking whether we can obtain a more direct e-mail for further discussion. We can provide some samples pages for your reference. 

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Your faithfully,

Kit

Liam R E Quin
2013-04-20 04:50:40 UTC (about 12 years ago)

How to request permission of using GIMP's screenshots on educational book?

On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 12:32 +0800, kitchi1982-copyright@yahoo.com.hk wrote:

Dear GIMP developers,

We are writing on behalf of our company to ask your permission to use screenshots of GIMP in a textbook.

It is not necessary to obtain permission. The whole point of Free Software (Libre Software) is that you as a user of the application are in control. You can make changes to the software, you can use the software, you can publish books about the software, you can even sell the software. You just have to make sure you tell people where to get the software themselves, including the source, and make anychanges you made available.

So in your case, you are not changing the software, just using it, and you can go ahead and include the pictures in your book.

Of course, if you show someone editing a copyrighted photograph using GIMP, you must also obtain permission to show that photograph!

Liam

Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/
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