Robertmh

Silent removal of Image:Win32-loader.ogg

Hi,

I see that Image:Win32-loader.ogg has been removed, allegedly because it has been "Listed on PUI for over two weeks".

However, I didn't receive any notification that the freeness of this content was being challenged (since 3rd step in Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_images about notifiing was apparently ommitted). I tried to find it in the PUI listing, but I can't find any reference to my video.

Therefore I must conclude that the claim was spurious, and re-upload. If you want to discuss any possible problems I'll be glad to; but I obviously can't deal with claims if they aren't notified to me.

Thanks

Robertmh (talk) 12:22, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:Win32-loader.ogg was deleted because User:ViperSnake151 tagged it as possibly unfree and the problem was not addressed within two weeks. The reason given was "Possible copyvio - depicts non-free software". The image was tagged with the {{GFDL}} tag, which is certainly not valid. {{GPL}} might be. I can't say why he didn't contact you, as he was supposed to.

You need to place a license tag on that image, as {{free screenshot}} is not sufficient on its own. {{free screenshot|template=GPL}} should do it, but you need to crop out all parts of the image showing Windows or content supplied with Windows, as that is copyrighted.

Finally, I notice that you clicked the "other" option in my message wizard. If you had clicked the correct option, "a page has been deleted", you would have arrived at this page which would have helped you more quickly. Stifle (talk) 15:48, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Stifle. I assume this is the right page for me to reply (please let me know if it isn't, for future occasion). About cropping Windows-supplied content, which parts do you consider copyright-significant exactly? I assume the background is, and would be trivial for me to change it to something else. Then we have the taskbar / start menu, the window decorations and the user32 widgets (buttons, etc) used by my program. How do you depict Windows programs using images, in general? Depending on what needs to be changed, I might just give up, or try to reproduce the whole process on ReactOS instead (but there's quite a bit of work involved in making it work there in first place).

Thanks!

Robertmh (talk) 12:39, 30 July 2008 (UTC)