Can I freely distribute files without attributes and links of the program with which I made it? (Example: there is a program with a MIT license (text editor), can I take a screenshot and attach a document to the screenshot, without attributes (where this file was made, what program is in the screenshot, link to the manufacturer’s website, etc.) : Joplin, Notable, Remarkable

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    Try to write more detailed questions. To get an answer, explain what exactly you see the problem, how to reproduce it, what you want to get as a result, etc. Give an example that clearly demonstrates the problem. - Kromster
  • Related: stackoverflow.com/a/798757/262779 - LFC
  • 1. “license mit” is an incorrect name, since mit used different licenses. more often, this term implies a x11 license , less often an expat license . 2. As far as I know, there are no software licenses in nature that contain any requirements for making / distributing screenshots containing fragments of the image generated by this software. - aleksandr barakin
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    Possible duplicate question: License: Is it possible to use the file types of the provided code? - Barmaley
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    @Barmaley, I would not say that this is a similar question. Moreover, the question is formulated so dullly that there is no understanding at all about what it is about. If he had not been so old, I would have voted for the closure. - freim

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Software license does not apply to screenshots. Usually, any license contains an exhaustive listing of the rights that it regulates, for example, “ the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or

I am not a lawyer and I can’t say 100%, but in my opinion, the right to make a screenshot cannot be limited by a license agreement. Just as street photography does not imply royalty payments to all house architects and car makers caught in the frame.