> > >> As part of this implementation, I borrowed the drawEllipicalArc() method > >> from the svgweb library(flash implementation of SVG) [1] The code is > >> Apache licensed. I have added the link to the original code as a > >>comment > >> in our code. Do I need to mention this in the NOTICE or LICENSE files? > > > >As it's Apache licences nothing need to be added NOTICE and LICENSE. [1] > >You only need to add something if there was a NOTICE file. (which looks > >like there isn't). > > It looks like lots of lines of code were "borrowed" which, IMO, means it > is still third-party and not donated. I'm wondering if there was any way > to use their file as-is, or their file with slight modifications. That > would make it more clear that this is mostly or entirely a third-party > work. Then their header would be on the file with their copyright, and I > think we'd mention it in LICENSE like we did for Open-Sans font which is > also AL. >
Not to poke my nose to deep into what is shaping up to be one of those nice and informative legal threads, but I think I may have a relevant question: if some bit of code is AL, is there a 'legal' way to rip it apart and put it back together again, improved and upgraded and then use it for the project? EdB -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
