Thanks a lot Nathan,now I understand better the rationale behind Apache License. I will strictly follow your advice.
-Emanuele On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Nathan Bubna <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > >
