It should be quite sufficient to include the LICENSE and NOTICE in the apk package and drop a "Powered by Apache Velocity" (with link) in the About screen. At that point, you have included a license (as required) and provided clear attribution in both a NOTICE file and your About screen. That's more than a lot of apps out there that we've never sued. I've never heard anyone say anything about making sure the user sees the license, just that they receive a copy. If they've downloaded your apk, they've received a copy. It's really not meant to be that difficult. We want you to use our software. So long as you're not flagrantly violating the license terms, it's extremely unlikely that the ASF will care enough to sue. If we found out someone failed to include the license when redistributing the software, the first reaction would be merely to tell them to include it, not to sue. If you want to get sued, then start misusing the Apache trademark or try to sell Velocity as if it were your own software. Again, this is free software of the non-viral/GPL sort, it's not meant to be that difficult to use and redistribute.
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Emanuele Di Saverio <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a mobile application for Android Platform, and binaries get > distributedthrough > the App Store in .apk format. > I could include whatever file in this package, but the user will never see > it > and Velocity will not get credit. > I thought I had to put somehting in the "About" screen of the application, > I just were not sure what is the minimum legally acceptable things to write. > > -Emanuele > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Antonio Petrelli < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 2009/9/19 Emanuele Di Saverio <[email protected]>: >> > It seems that I have to include the whole LICENSE in every >> redistribution, >> > so I should give a copy >> > of license at every user who downloads my application package (and that >> is >> > impossible due to >> > the medium we are using - application packages) >> >> Sorry but what kind of package are you providing? It seems strange >> that you cannot put a license file inside a zip-like package. >> >> Antonio >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
