Comment 1 Holger Voormann 2013-02-14 02:32:03 EST

What about splash screen copy right notes of RCP applications? I assume that if the copyright note is required for the Eclipse IDE then a (maybe extended) copyright note will also be required for Eclipse-based applications.

Comment 2 Lars Vogel 2013-02-14 02:49:36 EST

with -> without -> I think the splashscreen would look much nicer without it.

@Holger: In an RCP app you define your own splashscreen hence the customer can decided what he can use.

Comment 3 David Williams 2013-02-16 13:15:23 EST

I believe "platform ui" is normally in charge of the splash screen, so moving there. I'm sure some legal person should be consulted if its a "legal requirement" or merely a "legal nicety". I suspect the latter (but, I'm no lawyer).

Comment 4 John Arthorne 2013-02-18 09:47:57 EST

The copyright isn't particularly valuable ("Copyright Eclipse contributors" is nearly free of any legal value).  However the Java trademark attribution is important. It could be somewhere else like the About dialog, but I thought using the splash screen for this was fairly common.

Comment 5 Lars Vogel 2013-02-18 09:53:58 EST

I would prefer it in the about dialog. Putting a copyright into everybody face at every startup time does not feel good for an Open Source project. 

Compared with LibreOffice -> No copyright in the splash
Compared with Gimp -> No copyright in the splash

Comment 6 Dani Megert 2013-02-18 12:27:24 EST

Adding Eclipse legal contact for comment.

Comment 7 Janet Campbell 2013-07-31 10:57:59 EDT

(In reply to comment #6)
> Adding Eclipse legal contact for comment.

There is no requirement that the copyright notice be handled the way it currently is.  

Dealing with the Java trademark attribution in the About as suggested would be fine.  Attributions with respect to Oracle's trademarks should be done consistent with Oracle's Trademark Guidelines - http://www.oracle.com/us/legal/third-party-trademarks/index.html#trademark.

Janet

Comment 8 Lars Vogel 2013-07-31 11:00:04 EDT

Thanks Janet for the clarification.

Comment 9 Lars Vogel 2014-01-29 12:45:34 EST

Is that something we can for Eclipse 4.4? 

I think Ian Skerett is on his way to create a new Eclipse logo. I assume if we have a new Eclipse logo, we can use this to get rid of the copyright note on the splash screen.

Comment 10 Ian Skerrett 2014-02-05 15:52:51 EST

(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #9)
> Is that something we can for Eclipse 4.4? 
> 
> I think Ian Skerett is on his way to create a new Eclipse logo. I assume if
> we have a new Eclipse logo, we can use this to get rid of the copyright note
> on the splash screen.

Yes we will try to make this happen.  We need to make sure the copyright info gets added to the About US dialog.

Comment 11 Markus Knauer 2014-02-06 01:30:14 EST

Just a small reminder... if something changes in this area (About dialog, splash screen, etc.) it is always good to add me as CC: to the bug. Otherwise it is very likely that it won't be updated in time in the EPP packages.

Comment 12 Lars Vogel 2014-02-06 03:20:06 EST

(In reply to Ian Skerrett from comment #10)
> (In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #9)
> Yes we will try to make this happen.  We need to make sure the copyright
> info gets added to the About US dialog.

Can you post the copyright text into this bug? It is difficult to write in down from the splashscreen. I add it to the Eclipse SDK About dialog and open a new bug for EPP.

Comment 13 Markus Knauer 2014-02-06 03:55:55 EST

(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #12)
> Can you post the copyright text into this bug?

Ian opened bug 427514 for adding the text to the About dialog, and David already wrote down the text from the splash in his first comment in bug 427514#c1

Comment 14 Lars Vogel 2014-02-08 10:06:29 EST

Marking as dup. See also Bug 426260 for related work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 427514 ***

Comment 15 Dani Megert 2014-02-10 04:26:23 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 426260 ***