saladbowl wrote: > I'm sorry if this is not relevant. I understand that no-one on here is a > lawyer - but I thought that developers need to have some appreciation of > software licensing and was hoping for some general guidance. > > Many apologies. >
I, as a computer programmer, do not find the language of the Apache License particularly difficult to understand. As a general principle, if you have to wonder whether what you're doing is ethical, e.g., the copying of someone else's code into yours without attribution, then it's likely that it isn't. What is your resistance to attributing the copyright? Why is this even a question for you? Personally I tend to err on the side of avoiding an appearance of plagiarism or copyright violation if I am not 100% certain I have a right to do otherwise. Your mileage may vary. And please do not be so obsequious. -- Lew Lew wrote: > >> saladbowl wrote: >> >>> If I copy a few lines here and there (but not entire functions/files) >>> from example code on the Android Developers site and the samples, modify >>> them and use them in my commercial project, I assume as they are licensed >>> under Apache 3.0 that my work will be a derivative I need to provide some >>> sort of attribution?. Also, what do I do about my copyright header at the >>> top of the file?. >>> >>> I want to be 100% legit but I am really confused - surely when you use a >>> framework you have to use bits and pieces from samples to help you? >>> however, I don't see anyone else attributing (not that this is necessarily >>> right). >>> >>> Please help me understand!. >>> >> >> Are you asking a bunch of programmers for legal advice? >> >> Do you ask medical advice of ballet dancers, too? >> >> -- >> Lew >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
