Wikimedia Commons: People want to delete microG screenshots due to being derivative works (licensing/copyright issues)
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Description
These images are up-for-debate for deletion:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MicroG_Einstellungen_Hauptbildschirm.png
discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:MicroG_Einstellungen_Hauptbildschirm.png - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MicroG_Selbstpr%C3%BCfung.png
discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:MicroG_Selbstpr%C3%BCfung.png
Apparently I uploaded these images (as CC0) and so I got the notification.
AFAIK/what the page shows the images are not used in Wikipedia articles, but well.
The claim is:
screenshots are derivative works not own work
I am not sure legally about that, but if @mar-v-in just got a permission to use the screenshot of an app(?) then maybe that helps?
Otherwise, does that imply/mean the images are now licensed under the Apache2 license?
Also never heard that I cannot do screenshots and use them even of proprietary software? (But maybe that's just citation rights then.)
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