Hi Sheng, Can you share more information how SkyWalking's case is different here, since Apache "doesn't force the users to show this on the product page"?
Thanks *Ovilia* On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 11:06 AM Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ovilia <oviliazh...@gmail.com> 于2020年7月2日周四 上午11:02写道： > > > The watermark itself is a way to make it easier for users to share that > > information. > > > > As for whether it is required to state using ECharts inside, could Sheng > Wu > > or other > > mentors help answer this question? > > > > I think license says this, > https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/master/LICENSE#L100 > > (c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works > that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and > attribution notices from the Source form of the Work, > excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of > the Derivative Works; and > > Apache 2.0 is business-friendly, it doesn't force the users to show this on > the product page. > Is this triggered by the thing, Apache SkyWalking requesting BoCloud > following Apache 2.0 License requirements? > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > > > > > Thanks > > > > *Ovilia* > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:50 AM Clement Ho <clem...@gitlab.com.invalid> > > wrote: > > > > > I'm a little confused at the proposal. Is it to add a mandatory > > > watermark/require users of ECharts to mention that they are using > ECharts > > > somewhere in their product or is it just making it easier for users to > > > share that they are using ECharts for their charting solution as an > > > optional configuration? > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 9:44 PM Ovilia <oviliazh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I'd like to propose adding a watermark stating something like "Charts > > > > provided using Apache > > > > ECharts (incubating)" in ECharts 5.0 which is displayed as small > > > > translucent text in the bottom > > > > right corner and developers may have a way to opt out > programmatically. > > > > > > > > The reason behind this is letting more visitors to those charts know > > that > > > > they are made with > > > > ECharts. We recognize that many developers may not make a statement > > that > > > > the product is > > > > made with ECharts as the Apache license asks. Since we have so many > > users > > > > (200,000 downloads > > > > each week on npm), it's hard or almost impossible for us to find and > > > check > > > > the violations. > > > > > > > > So, we could use the watermark as a way to provide a simple method to > > > help > > > > with the branding. > > > > If some users prefer to opt out and maybe make a statement of using > > > ECharts > > > > elsewhere in their > > > > product, they can do this easily with a simple option. > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > *Ovilia* > > > > > > > > > >
