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I'm finalizing my first iPhone apps; and wonder where should I put credit information for open-sources I used in my iPhone app? Should I put it directly in my app (users can see it if they press "About" button) or put it in a file go along with the bundle?
The 2 open-source frameworks I used have "new BSD license" and "Apache license".
What is your practice for this issue?
Thanks.
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I have recently been wondering about this too.
Some Apple apps (Pages, Numbers) put it into an acknowledgements page in their section of the settings app, though I have not yet figured out an easy way to do this - each paragraph of text has to be a "Group" element, which is a little hard to get setup. This is the option I use, see this question to see how I do it:
best way to add license section to iOS settings bundle
Other apps put it in the itunes connect license agreement section, which is a lot simpler.
A third option (used by the ebay app amongst others) is having an "about" screen hidden somewhere in the application, with a "legal" subpage.
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