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Re: About dialog Copyright style

 

Yea I'd agree with you Cassidy that we probably care more about the people
and we can put the license at the bottom.

Mario, just some :backdrop related bugs. I fixed them :P

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I kind of agree that throwing "ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY" on there looks bad.
> :P Are we required to use that exact text under the GPL? Everything I've
> read has said that you basically just have to say that it's published under
> the GPL and provide the license or a link to the license.
>
> If that's the case, we could say somthing more like:
>
> *Website <http://elementaryos.org>*
>
>
>
> Copyright Ⓒ 2010-2012 elementary
>
>
>
> This app is published under the terms of the GPL. You are free to modify
>> and redistribute this app under those terms. For details, visit
>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
>
>
>
>   Developed by:
>
>  *Imaginary Person*
>
>  *Another Name*
>
>  *Someother Guy*
>
>  *Awesome Developer*
>
>  *Random Dude*
>
>  *Rockstar Chick*
>
>  *elementary Community*
>
>
>
>  Designed by:
>
>  *Daniel Foré*
>
>  *Harvey Cabaguio*
>
>  *elementary UX Team*
>
>
>
>   Translated by:
>
>  *Multilingual Lady*
>
>  *Bilingual Dude*
>
>  *Random Person*
>
>
> And each of those names would point to the Launchpad user or team page (I
> think that's how we do it now anyway).
>
> I also almost wonder about putting the license bit at the bottom? Do we
> care more about the license or the people that made the app? Another thing
> to look at is if we want the "Website" text to say something else, like
> "Visit the website..." or "http://elementaryos.org";.
>
> Feedback?
>
> Regards,
> Cassidy James
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey Mario,
>>
>> I think probably the Scratch way is better, imo.
>>
>> But also looks like you spotted two eGTK bugs haha.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think we should define how we want to show the Copyright in our About
>>> dialogs.
>>>
>>> What I exactly mean is that:
>>> http://imagebin.org/205216
>>>
>>> Should we use a simple About dialog (as in BeatBox) without a license or
>>> as in Scratch?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
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>>
>>
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