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? 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* > > >
