Do you have to cite sources in your app?

expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
edited November -1 in iPhone and Android Publishing
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?

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  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    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_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    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
  • TrisTris Member Posts: 58
    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.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Oh. And dogs can't look up.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    and that a dog can walk up the stairs but not down
  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598
    and that a dog's saliva is antiseptic
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