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Summary
editRibbon of PowerPoint 2007 under Windows Vista (Aero theme, maximized)
Licensing:
edit![]() ![]() | Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft. This image is a copyrighted screenshot of a commercially released computer software product owned by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation allows screenshots of its commercially released computer software products for use in advertising, documentations, educational materials, videos and web sites as long as they are not obscene or pornographic, are not disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, and are not digitally altered (except for being resized). However, the use of this screenshot in Wikipedia must comply with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria policy, because the license forbids derivative works. Images that do not comply may be nominated for deletion.
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Use of Microsoft copyrighted content
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Fair use rationale
editThis software is copyrighted, but its screenshot is being used here (in Microsoft Office 2007 article) under U.S. fair use laws, because:
- it helps to visually identify the software; in that sense it furthers the goal of providing verifiable information.
- it does not limit, nor does it claim to, limit the rights of the copyright holder.
- it does not, in any way, assist in illegal reproduction of the software or any other things covered by the license of the software.
- it is being used for informational purposes.
- it is of a non-free software, so a free equivalent cannot exist.
Fair use in Ribbon (computing)
editAs the Ribbon is an interface inherited from Microsoft Office, all the above rationale apply. In this article the image furthers identify the characteristics of this software that caused a strong, industry-wide controversy, that is well documented in the Reaction and Controversy sections.
File history
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current | 07:20, 22 January 2017 | ![]() | 952 × 104 (77 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
23:01, 11 May 2008 | No thumbnail | 1,280 × 141 (55 KB) | Roketjack (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 13:03, 18 September 2007 |
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