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Conflict of non-free use rationale template and Microsoft policy template

It is noted in the NFUR that "Low resolution? Yes, this image is digitally altered to have a lower color depth than the original." yet the Microsoft screenshots policy demands

you may not use screenshots of Microsoft product boot-up screens, opening screens, "splash screens", or screens from beta release products or other products that have not been commercially released. You may use other screenshots in [...] educational brochures [...], or on Web sites, provided that, in addition to the requirements above, you: Do not alter the screenshot except to resize it.

(italics for emphasis mine).

The typical way on Wikipedia of making nonfree raster images unsuitable for competitive commercial use (which would violate the spirit and letter of fair use allowances) is to resize to small dimensions. I presume the reason that was not done here was that the image was already small as a result of the era of computer graphics it originated from. However, it seems altering the colours (a tactic I have not seen widely on Wikipedia) is not an acceptable alternative in this and related instances, due to Microsoft's policy. Arlo James Barnes 19:53, 10 October 2018 (UTC)