For web apps, you can add an attribution file at a known path, e.g: foo.com/attribution.md, this is easy to check even if the link is not visible.
For desktop apps, in the menu you can add a "about" entry somewhere. Many open source apps are crediting the project developers this way. [image: PrestaShop] <https://www.prestashop.com/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_campaign=emails-signatures> Antoine Thomas aka ttoine Developer Advocate t: +33 (0)6 63 13 79 06 antoine.tho...@prestashop.com On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 11:35, <simon....@csiro.au> wrote: > Yes, a cluttering of logos is clearly a risk if everyone did this. > > It is not meant as 'advertising' in the conventional sense - rather, it is > a form of attribution. We are a team within a public sector agency. Locally > we prefer to release most of our products as open-source, but this is > somewhat under suspicion from some folk up the chain. Our argument for > doing it is that we have bigger impact this way, and that as a public > sector organization it is appropriate for the community as a whole to get > the benefit of our work. But our bosses are also accountable further up the > chain for the public funding that supports the work, and need to have > evidence of its impact. If credits were visible on all the websites that > had deployed our applications, then that would do. > > In the cases that we know about we've been able to negotiate it through > informal channels. But there are other deployments that we come across that > we were unaware of, and the one-on-one approach is not scalable above a > handful. It would all be cleaner if we could just point to a license that > included the requirement, then if that were respected (!) then everyone > would be happy - the users would have open-source software, and we would > have evidence that it was in use to show to our paymasters. > > I don't think the intention is counter to the spirit of the OSD. But is > there a better approach? > > Simon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 07:07:41 +0000 > From: <simon....@csiro.au> > To: <license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> > Subject: [License-discuss] Open source license with obligation to > display an attribution? > Message-ID: > <3155add0d064491fad317abcb622a...@exch1-mel.nexus.csiro.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there an open source license that also includes an obligation on the > user to make public attribution of use of the software in a specific form? > > What I have in mind is for software that is used to drive a web-site, > where we just want to request that a logo with the words "Powered by ACME > technology" is displayed on the website. > > Simon J D Cox > Research Scientist - Environmental Informatics< > https://research.csiro.au/ei> > Team Leader - Environmental Information Infrastructure > CSIRO Land and Water<http://www.csiro.au/Research/LWF> > > E simon....@csiro.au<mailto:simon....@csiro.au> T +61 3 9545 2365 M +61 > 403 302 672 > Mail: Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic 3169 > Visit: Central Reception, Research Way, Clayton, Vic 3168 > ///honey.zebra.chip<https://w3w.co/honey.zebra.chip> > Deliver: Gate 3, Normanby Road, Clayton, Vic 3168 > people.csiro.au/Simon-Cox<http://people.csiro.au/Simon-Cox> > orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-3420<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-3420> > researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Cox3< > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Cox3> > github.com/dr-shorthair<https://github.com/dr-shorthair> > lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/agents/Simon%20Cox< > http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/agents/Simon%20Cox> > Twitter @dr_shorthair<https://twitter.com/dr_shorthair> > Skype dr_shorthair<skype:dr_shorthair> > https://xkcd.com/1810/ > > PLEASE NOTE > The information contained in this email may be confidential or privileged. > Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received this > email in error, please delete it immediately and notify the sender by > return email. Thank you. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO does not > represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this > communication has been maintained or that the communication is free of > errors, virus, interception or interference. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20181204/b2260236/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 01:24:03 -0800 > From: Danese Cooper <dan...@gmail.com> > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Open source license with obligation to > display an attribution? > Message-ID: > < > calkqtu-z_vpzjxg7z-1w_+zcjutesolzhq6wmvtfnse-hoa...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Yes. We created one back in 2002, in response to SugarCRM decision to > impose a ridiculous requirement that their attribution be permanently > displayed in the center of any page using derivatives of their code. We > felt that the persistence of the display in their requirement was an > obvious attempt to halt reuse of their code, which is counter to the spirit > of the OSD. But we did decide that a brief attribution might be a desirable > gesture in some cases. The resulting OSI-approved (though seldom-used) > license is called the Attribution Assurance License. > > D > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:08 PM <simon....@csiro.au> wrote: > > > Is there an open source license that also includes an obligation on the > > user to make public attribution of use of the software in a specific > form? > > > > > > > > What I have in mind is for software that is used to drive a web-site, > > where we just want to request that a logo with the words ?Powered by ACME > > technology? is displayed on the website. > > > > > > > > *Simon J D Cox * > > > > Research Scientist - Environmental Informatics > > <https://research.csiro.au/ei> > > > > Team Leader ? Environmental Information Infrastructure > > > > CSIRO Land and Water <http://www.csiro.au/Research/LWF> > > > > > > > > *E* simon....@csiro.au *T* +61 3 9545 2365 *M* +61 403 302 672 > > > > *Mail:* Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic 3169 > > > > * Visit: *Central Reception, Research Way, Clayton, Vic 3168 > > ///honey.zebra.chip <https://w3w.co/honey.zebra.chip> > > > > * Deliver: *Gate 3, Normanby Road, Clayton, Vic 3168 > > > > people.csiro.au/Simon-Cox > > > > orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-3420 > > > > researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Cox3 > > <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Cox3> > > > > github.com/dr-shorthair > > > > lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/agents/Simon%20Cox > > > > Twitter @dr_shorthair <https://twitter.com/dr_shorthair> > > > > Skype dr_shorthair > > > > https://xkcd.com/1810/ > > > > > > > > *PLEASE NOTE* > > > > The information contained in this email may be confidential or > privileged. > > Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. 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To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO does not > > represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this > > communication has been maintained or that the communication is free of > > errors, virus, interception or interference. > > > > > > > > *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > License-discuss mailing list > > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > > > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20181204/1f4d2b9e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 09:30:14 +0000 > From: David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Open source license with obligation to > display an attribution? > Message-ID: <d0f39ef4-47e1-1f60-62c6-bfbdc4061...@david-woolley.me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 04/12/2018 07:07, simon....@csiro.au wrote: > > Is there an open source license that also includes an obligation on the > > user to make public attribution of use of the software in a specific > form? > > > > The original BSD licence had an advertising clause, but advertising > clauses are now considered a bad idea because effective use of the open > source concept would result in user interfaces being cluttered by dozens > of adverts. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of License-discuss Digest, Vol 81, Issue 1 > ********************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org >
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