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jaunesarmiento / fries

Fries helps you prototype Android apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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Make attribution needs clearer #50

Closed grobmeier closed 11 years ago

grobmeier commented 11 years ago

We have found out that fries uses a svg from Tobias Bieniek which is converted by icomoon. Now Tobias asks for attribution according to CC. This does of course mean if I use fries for my app, I need to give attribution to Tobias. This was not clear to me if I wouldn't have had a conflict between Font Awesome and Fries.

Also I was first misleaded by the font name "icomoon" which is most likely the name just because it was generated by the icomoon app. I almost missed the original author of the SVG files.

It would be great if fries would make more clear that it is necessary to attribute Tobias if the icons are used.

jaunesarmiento commented 11 years ago

Hi @grobmeier, sorry if it was a misleading for you. But Tobias didn't ask for attribution for his work. His repository (https://github.com/Turbo87/Android-Action-Bar-Icon-Pack-Font) does not even have a license.txt file or any licensing of some sort. He did mention that parts of his work contain modifications of the original Android icons. Thus the only attribution I need to make was to the Android Open Source Project.

If you asked Tobias directly for his permission to use the fonts then by all means please let me know.

grobmeier commented 11 years ago

Hi

it's good you have the permission of Tobias and you should say so on your webpage: "no license" is a serious blocker for using an open source project. Having the permission of the IP owner is actually good. In best case you have it in signed form. Tobias really should make clear on his license, I will open an issue on his project for that. Otherwise i need to manually exclude his contribution, which would be a shame as they look very nice.

Thanks for considering! Christian

grobmeier commented 11 years ago

Issue is here: https://github.com/Turbo87/Android-Action-Bar-Icon-Pack-Font/issues/2 in case you are interested

teusink commented 11 years ago

Or spend 25 dollars: http://www.androidicons.com

grobmeier commented 11 years ago

Tobias mentioned he is going to apply the CC Attribution license: https://github.com/Turbo87/Android-Action-Bar-Icon-Pack-Font/issues/2

@teusinkorg: I am fine with spending 25$, but this doesn't fix the issue with the work of Tobias.

jaunesarmiento commented 11 years ago

@grobmeier yes I've read it. Until Tobias states how he should be attributed to the work, I won't make any changes to the attribution part of my README because I am still in compliance to it. Google only asks that I should add "Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License." so yeah.

grobmeier commented 11 years ago

You mean CC 2.5?

Tobias made things clear and licensed under 2.5: https://github.com/Turbo87/Android-Action-Bar-Icon-Pack-Font/commit/dc5f260b27cb87af9c17dd261d43fa65c0f1ca82

Please note, I can't find the attribution to Google (well, and Tobias now) on the Fries website. Icons are used there too (in the examples). I am not a lawyer and surely will not hunt you on that, just saying.

A note for Fries users that attribution needs to be given would be helpful still. Please consider reopening this issue.

I will not follow this any longer, because I know what I have to do.

Thanks for patience and work, we enjoy Fries and will give you credits in our app.

jaunesarmiento commented 11 years ago

Was talking about Google's license. I didn't notice that they updated to CC 3.0.

Anyway, I'll be updating the README and the website shortly.

Thanks!

jaunesarmiento commented 11 years ago

Fixed.