@bearND mentioned that there was some email discussion that we should add to this card

@bearND @Dbrant please add more info

Here's more info from the email thread:

• Use one of the three license icons we use in Gallery (cc, pd, free).
• Once the user enters the share preview screen, we initially disable the share as image button, (possibly show a progress bar?), fetch the license info, then reenable the button.
• The preview doesn't need to have the license icon yet, but the final image which will be shared must have it.

@bearND, could you please either forward me that email discussion or let me know who you were talking to about this? Let's chat about it on Monday.

@Slaporte, I think it might be good for us to touch base on this as well if you have some time next week.

@Mholloway Done. I've added more info/ideas to the description under the Android specifics section.

In T101436#1362464, @Mholloway wrote:

@Slaporte, I think it might be good for us to touch base on this as well if you have some time next week.

@Mholloway: Great! I'll set up some time and we can discuss via email.

@Vibhabamba, the extracted license would replace the existing current CC by SA field?

The icon representing the license would replace the existing CC by SA field.

Use one of the three license icons we use in Gallery (cc, pd, free).

Yes, exactly.
Icons correspond with what mediaviewer uses. This is a quick legend for the categorization system, which we created for galleries.

Once the user enters the share preview screen, we initially disable the share as image button, (possibly show a progress bar?), fetch the license info, then reenable the button.

Can we do this once the image is actually being shared (as suggested in point 3)

The preview doesn't need to have the license icon yet, but the final image which will be shared must have it.

Agree.

@Mholloway @Slaporte Please cc me on emails as well.

@Vibhabamba: will do. Thanks for posting the chart.

Change 218694 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mholloway):
Fetch and add underlying image license icon to Share-a-Fact cards

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/218694

@Slaporte Which license icon should we show when there is no lead image? No license icon, CC, PD, free?

@bearND: We can use the CC icon to indicate that the full card may be freely shared.

Does anything appear in the background?

@Slaporte: It's a plain black background when no lead image is present.

It seems confusing to me to have the license icon refer only to the underlying image when an image is present, and to the card as a whole when one isn't. If the icon is now referring to the underlying image, I would have thought a license icon wouldn't be needed when there isn't one.

Based on guidance from @Slaporte and discussion with @Mholloway & @Moushira the first immediate step is:

1. Although we are legally compliant but we could take steps to address user concerns reported on the discussion page for Share a fact
2. An immediate solution as part of this patch is to get a bit more specific with the license. We will present a category icon based on the legend provided, consistent with the gallery UX in apps.
3. There is no change in the perceived user experience (no delays/ loading indicators etc)
4. For cases where we are unable to detect a license we will fall back to the Fair use category.

@Slaporte Let us know if you recommend breaking these categories down any further.

@Mholloway - Kindly attach screenshots for each of the license categories, So I may have a chance to review sizing and alignment.

Icons are currently being used in the gallery and should be re-used from there.
Please let me know if you need SVG dupes.

@Vibhabamba Done!

@Vibhabamba -- A couple of supplements to your four points above:

-on #3: I don't think it's correct to say there will be zero noticeable delay while the API call for license info is made, but it will be small. The progress bar indicates loading during this period. I'm going to do some testing in a minute to see more precisely how long the call takes and will update here.

-on #4: In the course of developing the patch I haven't found any images for which license info was unavailable, and if I understood @Slaporte correctly it's only a small percentage of images for which this is the case, so "falling back" will be a rare occurrence.

@Vibhabamba Testing now on a shared wifi connection, to request and process the license info took between about 250-333ms on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and between about 150-200ms on my Nexus 9 tablet. Obviously this will vary with signal strength but under reasonable conditions the delay should be a fraction of a second.

Change 218694 merged by jenkins-bot:
Fetch and add underlying image license icon to Share-a-Fact cards

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/218694

Michael - Can you add a screenshot of what this loading indicator looks like for the user?

Checked on 2.0.103-alpha-2015-06-24 on Samsung Tablet Ce0168(Android 4.0.4.

There is some discrepancies in displayed icons in Share fact images info between iOS and Android.

iOS

iOS

Since it's about legal info - returning the ticket to Design Signoff for feedback.

@Etonkovidova Android has implemented this story but looks like iOS has not yet. That explains the difference in license icons.
Before we implemented this the Android app showed the same license icons as iOS still does: always the same three CC-BY-SA icons.

Agree with bearND.
Is there a ticket tracking this for iOS?

@Vibhabamba Yes, T101534 is the iOS card for this.

I spoke with @Mholloway and @Vibhabamba about using an icon to explain the license for the background photo, and this design is legally allowed. I'm happy to share more details by email if you need further clarification on the advice. Thanks!