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Summary

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Start menu
Description

Windows 95 start menu and taskbar

Source

Taken by Pinikas (talk · contribs)

Article

Start menu

Portion used

The minimum meaningful portion

Low resolution?

Yes

Purpose of use

Screenshot that demonstrates part of the Windows 95 user interface.

Replaceable?

Can only be replaced with another non-free image

Other information

A screenshot is pretty safe territory. Wikipedia is a non-profit organisation, downstream providers who are not non-profit will need to consider whether they will take the risk in using this image. Not likely to cause any financial damage to Microsoft.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Start menu//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_95_Start_menu.pngtrue

Licensing

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Microsoft
Restricted

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.


Use of Microsoft copyrighted content
Requirements for allowed uses
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  3. You must include this following statement: "Used with permission from Microsoft."
  4. Your use may not be obscene or pornographic, and you may not be disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other person or entity.
Screenshots
If you wish to benefit from Microsoft's automatic permission grant, 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 advertising, in documentation (including educational brochures), in tutorial books, in videotapes, or on Web sites, provided that, in addition to the requirements above, you:
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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:49, 13 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 06:49, 13 January 2013329 × 265 (3 KB)Codename Lisa (talk | contribs)User:Pinikas version + size optimization (reduced to near one third)
12:07, 5 April 2008No thumbnail340 × 340 (10 KB)Pinikas (talk | contribs)==Summary== Windows 95 Start Button and Taskbar with Microsoft Plus! 95 installed. ==Fair use rationale for Start menu== * Screenshot that demonstrates part of the Windows 95 user interface. * Not likely to cause any financial damage to Micro

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