Submitting Screenshots
This page introduces how to submit your entry for the Screenshot of the month.
Overview
The FlightGear project always needs screenshots for the website, which show features that were added since the last release. These shots should be of good quality -- regarding contents and technical image properties. It is therefore recommended to use the best viable filter settings (antialiasing, texture sharpening, etc.). Screenshots should only show features that are actually available to the public, not models that are private and can't be distributed due to a non-GPL-compatible, restrictive license, etc.
By submitting a screenshot the submitter agrees to these terms:
- The creator of the screenshot retains full ownership and copyright.
- The creator grants the FlightGear project revocable and non-exclusive copyright, which permits the project
- To add a copyright notice to the screenshot, which denotes the FlightGear project as a copyright holder[1],
- To persecute copyright infringement on behalf of the screenshot creator[2].
- The creator grants anyone the non-revocable, perpetual right
- To use the screenshot for private, non-commercial purposes,
- To use the screenshot in articles about, and reviews, announcements, documentation and promotion of the FlightGear simulator, provided that
- The simulator is presented under its official name "FlightGear",
- It is mentioned in that work that the simulator is Free and licensed under the GPL (GNU General Public License),
- The screenshot remains unchanged, with the sole exception of optional scaling.
ad 1: This is meant to guarantee the consistent look and easier maintenance, and to strengthen the project's position in cases of 2.
ad 2: This should make it easier to demand of infringers that they take all screenshots down from a web page. We can't do that if we don't have a mandate. This is not a promise that the project will persecute infringement. We'd probably use other means to achieve the goal. :-)
On the screenshot page, there would be a copyright notice like the following: All screenshots displayed on this website are copyright of their respective creators. Permission is granted to anyone
- To use the screenshots for private, non-commercial purposes
- To use the screenshots in articles about, and reviews, announcements, documentation and promotion of the FlightGear simulator, provided that:
- The simulator is presented under its official name "FlightGear",
- It is mentioned in that work that the simulator is Free and licensed under the GPL (GNU General Public License),
- The screenshots remain unchanged, with the sole exception of optional scaling.
Contest
Now's your chance to submit your candidate for Screenshot of the month (SOTM) contest ! Please, visit this sous-forum 
Participation Rules
- 20 entries (because a poll can only have 20 options).
- Only one entry per person to give everyone a fair chance of submitting a screenshot.
- You may enter one extra for somebody else. This person of course can submit their own candidate.
- If you submit a screenshot of another person, please make sure he/she grants you the right to publish it under the correct license.
- Please convert your picture from PNG into JPEG (plenty of converters online).
- Must be taken with FlightGear.
- Every picture should have a caption. It would be useful to add the name of the aircraft and the location, where the screenshot was taken, to the caption. (For example: "Greeting the dawn - C172P, Keflavik".) Otherwise, please, mention it at least in your entry.
- Screenshots must not be post-processed except from cropping and/or resizing (but you may use the in-sim filters). You may also add titles mentioning an author of the screenshot and/or aircraft/location displayed on it.
- You may change your entry as often as you want, until the voting starts.
- You agree to license your screenshot under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license for publication by the FlightGear project.
- You agree that the screenshot may be used to promote the FlightGear project, including publication on the flightsim.com forum with proper attribution according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
- Screenshots containing ANY experimental features still not present in the stable version of FG should state in its caption which features are being used.
Voting will start when 20 entries are reached or at the latest day of the month, in a separate topic.