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Re: About dialog Copyright style

 

So...

*http://elementaryos.org*



Copyright Ⓒ 2010-2012 elementary



 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*



 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.


Feedback? Once we get this agreed upon, we should go through and update all
of our apps to be consistent. Perhaps we'd even throw a bit about the
"About" dialog in the HIG.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> elementaryos.org
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Daniel Foré
>
> elementaryos.org
>
>

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