From 416e7fafdee228c26a19dd3ab6c00f17bf9200fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Aniszczyk Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:38:57 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add a section on Attribution Closes #18 --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5e7be5a8..c6c8fddf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ This means that if you'd like to change or improve `twemoji`, you should probabl The twemoji project currently adheres to the [7.0 Unicode version](http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-7.0/U70-1F300.pdf) and supports 872 different emoji. In the future, we hope to work with the community to support Unicode 8.0 additions like [Diversity](http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Diversity). +## Attribution Requirements + +As an open source project, attribution is critical from a legal, practical and motivational perspective in our opinion. The graphics are licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 which has a pretty good guide on [best practices for attribution](https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Best_practices_for_attribution). + +However, we consider the guide a bit onerous and as a project, a mention in a project README or an 'About' section or footer on a website. In mobile applications, a common place would be in the Settings/About section (for example, see the mobile Twitter application Settings->About->Legal section). We would consider a mention in the HTML/JS source sufficient also. + ## Committers and Contributors * Andrea Giammarchi (Twitter) * Chris Aniszczyk (Twitter)