Re: NSCursor Resize Cursor
Re: NSCursor Resize Cursor
- Subject: Re: NSCursor Resize Cursor
- From: Joachim <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:46:47 -0800
Uli Kusterer wrote:
Just one note: Technically, that's illegal.
Apple paid someone (a developer or even a graphics designer) to
create the cursors for Pages. That person has copyright on these
graphics (or maybe even "transferred" his copyright to Apple, which
the US apparently allow). While I haven't heard of anyone being sued
for copying such small details yet, you would be safer if you just
fired up a drawing app and created your own. Just because lightning
hasn't struck yet, doesn't mean it never will.
In theory you're most likely right. In real life, however, this
happens all the time and in this case in such a small scale. Worst
case, Apple (or was Adobe first, or Quark or?) asks you to license
their cursor graphics or to use your own graphics. But it is also in
Apple's interest to give the user a consistent experience. For
example, how many developers are using the General icon in the
preference pane of their applications? Thousands? That's a good thing
because we immediately recognise it and know what it means. As we do
with the cursors that Pages uses.
Joachim
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