Do you have to cite sources in your app?

expired_012

I have an app where I am including facts about animals. Should I cite the sources that I am getting these facts from. Is it mandatory? Will my app get rejected if I don't do this?

synthesis

If your worried...bury it in a credits page as a fine print footnote.

Generally - facts are facts...just don't plagiarize unless its from wiki - which is public domain. If the content is considered "original opinion" or "an original creative work"...then you can get into copyright issues.

But basically...if its just general factual info...don't worry about it too much. But if its bad facts...then you might get hammered by the users.

expired_012

haha ok that made me feel better, because I was really stressing about that and debating whether or not a credits page is needed for my sources

Tris

artonskyblue said:
I have an app where I am including facts about animals. Should I cite the sources that I am getting these facts from. Is it mandatory? Will my app get rejected if I don't do this?

Just don't go to http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090316023522AA21WbL and tell the world that dogs can be lesbians.

quantumsheep

Oh. And dogs can't look up.

beefy_clyro

and that a dog can walk up the stairs but not down

gyroscope

and that a dog's saliva is antiseptic