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* > > > > > >