Image:Ms-word-5.5-dos.png

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image
File history
File links

No higher resolution available.
Ms-word-5.5-dos.png‎ (640 × 480 pixels, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/png)

[edit] Summary

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Microsoft Word
Description	A screenshot of Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS running on the IBM PC.
Source	User:Ozzmosis
Article	Microsoft Word
Portion used	The image is a screenshot of Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	The purpose of this image is to give a visual representation of the general look of Word 5.5 for DOS. The program is character-based, mostly historical and not in wide usage. The image should be allowed, as it helps people understand the conceptual look of the program in addition to the image being of limited resolution and clearly not being used to cause any damage to Microsoft at large.
Replaceable?	No

This is a screenshot and is a fair use image according to Wikipedia:Logos. Since the English-language article is about Microsoft Word, it is in a right context.

According to Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Examples_of_unacceptable_use, it is not unacceptable.

[edit] Licensing

This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots:

for identification of and critical commentary on the software in question
in the absence of a free alternative,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

…qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

If this is a screenshot of free software (GPL, BSD, etc.) do not use this template! Use the license tag that correspond to the license instead, optionally alongside {{Free screenshot}} to categorize as a free screenshot.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:32, 14 February 2007	640×480 (80 KB)	Ozzmosis (Talk \| contribs)	(Screenshot of Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS running on the IBM PC.)