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Message #00391
Re: About dialog Copyright style
+1 from me
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Foré
>>>>
>>>> elementaryos.org
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
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