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1 Summary
2 Source
3 License
4 Fair-use rationale

[edit] Summary

Screenshot of the default Windows 98 desktop.

[edit] Source

Screenshot uploaded by User:MikeRS. User:Shlomital provided an optimised version of the same image.

[edit] License

This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software for Microsoft Windows, 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:Fair use for more information.

[edit] Fair-use rationale

Screenshot that demonstrates the default Windows 98 desktop
Not likely to cause any financial damage to Microsoft as they no longer sell or support this product
A screenshot is pretty safe territory
Wikipedia is a non-profit organisation, downstream providers who are not non-profit will need to consider whether they will take the risk in using this image
Clearly used for educational use

This rationale applies to the use of this image on the History of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft, and Windows 98 articles.

File history

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(del) (cur) 07:34, 4 February 2007 . . Geoffrey (Talk | contribs) . . 640×480 (8,639 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 14:52, 24 December 2006 . . J Di (Talk | contribs) . . 640×480 (8,639 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 14:55, 23 December 2006 . . Wildinc (Talk | contribs) . . 640×400 (79,549 bytes)
(del) (rev) 19:26, 25 August 2005 . . Shlomital (Talk | contribs) . . 640×480 (8,639 bytes) (uploaded optimised version - 8-bit adaptive palette and pngcrush)
(del) (rev) 10:48, 12 December 2004 . . MikeRS (Talk | contribs) . . 640×480 (16,779 bytes) (Windows 98SE Desktop)