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Background: I have an application that is licensed under the LGPL which uses a whole bunch of open-source 3rd party libraries.

What kind of information should I have in my "About" dialog box. There are a few things I can think off the top:

  • Author(s) of this application
  • Copyright/Licensing information
  • Credits

Is there anything else that should be in an About dialog?

+2  A: 

a good about dialog should have an easter egg :-)

Keith Nicholas
+4  A: 
  • Home page (as a link if your UI framework can do it)
  • Version information of both your app and the libraries you're using
  • Support information (e.g. how you like bugs to be filed)
Jon Skeet
It's probably add "For full licensing information see LICENSE.TXT"
Greg
A: 

Expected:

  • Name of your application
  • Versionnumber
  • Icon of your application

Optional:

  • Link to the website
  • About the developer (+email link)
Bob Fanger