The About dialog is one of the least useful features in any application yet, legally speaking, one of the most important. Pandion became free-as-in-freedom software a few months ago and this new About dialog reflects that situation better.
A few remarks about the new dialog:
- The language in the dialog separates the intellectual property and copyright of the source code from the brand trademark, i.e. the "Pandion" logo and name. I hope this clarifies the freedom for anyone to create derivatives under a different name. In fact all Pandion source code is structured so that branding properties can be changed from a single meta file (/Client/settings/brand.xml).
- The minimalistic design mimics that of Google Chrome to provide a familiar and professional looking user experience. Let's hope the Chromium team appreciates this sincere form of flattery.
- The decision to remove the names of contributors from the About dialog was made to reduce maintenance overhead. The full list of credits is published at the Pandion website's About section. This makes it easier to update the list and allows for search engine indexing of all names, a more useful way for contributors to gain bragging rights.
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