English: Several open-source Windows applications running on ReactOS (GPL), an open-source implementation of Windows. The applications are K-Meleon version 74.g (GPL), the ReactOS text editor (GPL), and 7-Zip (LGPL). The text comes from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (public domain) and the partially obscured email draft was composed by me to be released in a GPL-covered image.
This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2. This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See version 2 of the GNU General Public License for more details. GNU General Public License v2GPLv2https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.htmltrue
All versions of all applications in the screenshot are licensed under the GPLv2 or the LGPLv2 (which is written to be compatible with the GPL). The GPL authors at the Free Software Foundation do not believe it to cover screenshots: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL For maximum caution, however, this screenshot is presented under the GPLv2 (not the standard creative commons license); in the case that the GPL licenses for the software do not affect this as a derivative work, my contributions are also made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 In either situation, please retain attribution for the software authors:
ReactOS:
Copyright 2008 ReactOS Portable Systems Group. All rights reserved.
Previous versions used GPLv2 and GPLv3 software. This version uses specific versions of 7-zip, ReactOS, and K-Meleon that I've checked can be licensed as GPLv2. The whole image will now be GPLv2. The FSF say the GPL does not apply to screenshot output of GPL software (meaning that any license could be used) but this more cautious approach should make things as clearcut as possible for the commons.