Wikibooks:Requests for permissions/Mark Otaris

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Moved from WB:RFI - I propose we give Mark the Uploader right to manage this himself. Mark, if you confirm you want the right, please say so here and someone will grant it unless there are objections. Thanks QU TalkQu 13:58, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I am currently writing a book about ROBLOX, a game development platform. Most chapters will have to do with computer code and will therefore not need images, but one chapter in particular teaches the reader to use the tools in the game development tool to build structures and manipulate the game. The software is proprietary, and the screenshots that are necessary to illustrate the chapter are not free.

The terms of service of the company indicate that images may be used if an appropriate copyright statement is given. The following comes directly from their terms of service:

"You can display our pictures on your own personal web pages for your personal noncommercial use ONLY as long as you write either 'Copyright 2005 ROBLOX Corporation All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission' or '(c) 2005 ROBLOX, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission' on EVERY page with our pictures and/or text and you link directly to us. By the way, this means that you can't sell ads, barter for stuff, offer your services, or otherwise earn money, ROBLOX' Items, or ROBLOX Points either on web pages that contain our pictures and other Materials, or by using our pictures or other Materials, such as by offering to make ROBLOX banners or backgrounds for others."

This means they are giving permission to use the images and screenshots as long as the copyright statement is present. According to Wikibook's policy on non-free images, it is acceptable to use "low-resolution screenshots or videos of proprietary software (or media used in accordance with the license the media is released under) inside books or modules about the software".

Until now, I have been using HTML source files for the book, but I am migrating it to wikicode. Two chapters have already been migrated (I drastically shortened the introduction and made it be separate from the other chapters). There are two more chapters to migrate, and many left to write. This chapter is, however, likely to be the only one that will require images.

I have 15 non-free images to upload. They are all screenshots. For convenience, I have made them all available separately or as a compressed folder: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0ByYMSTFeybnGSmVZNzhGenNLS1E/edit.

I would be very grateful if someone could help me with this. --Mark Otaris (discuss • contribs) 06:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have added this user as an Uploader. You appear to know what you are doing.  --ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_Estonia.svg|15px]]talk 20:39, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I have uploaded the files and followed the instructions for tagging the files as closely as possible. --Mark Otaris (discuss • contribs) 01:09, 22 January 2013 (UTC)