Re: Copyright Violations using Apple Icons in own Applications?
Re: Copyright Violations using Apple Icons in own Applications?
- Subject: Re: Copyright Violations using Apple Icons in own Applications?
- From: Josh Osborne <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 02:27:01 -0700
Does Apple have any documentation that states what can and can't be
used in a project? I would assume that headers that are available
from the standard Objective-C language are OK to statically link into
your application but Apple's Frameworks are not? For example if I
was to make a console application using the Foundation framework (or
any other Apple framework) and cross compile this to run on a linux
machine would this be legal?
And as far as using Apple Frameworks in your projects, when you
compile a project in Xcode does Xcode link the framework into your
application or does it only reference them? I apologize in advance
if it sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about I'm new to
programming for the mac environment.
Thanks,
Josh Osborne - email@hidden
On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote:
Am 03.11.2006 um 07:41 schrieb Georg Filios:
For common tasks (sizing, magnify, etc) I use in my current
"development stage" icons from
the "Preview.app".
I think, this gives my Application an genuine look & feel!
My question: "Is this a copyright violation, or is it possible to
take these?"
Search the archives, this has been asked numerous times, I think
even recently.
The short answer: Yes, it's a violation of Copyright. You can't
just go and use any icon you find anywhere. As long as you don't
steal a particular application's icon (e.g. iTunes, Preview...), I
don't think Apple has sued anyone yet, but they have the right to
do so, so better get your own icons. Some people think you can get
around this by referencing the icons instead of actually including
them (can be implemented by using the "Icon Services" type and
creator code and passing them to NSWorkspace's iconForFile: method).
There's links to nice royalty-free icons for some common things on
cocoadev.com and carbondev.com, I think. If those aren't to your
liking, you can always contract someone or buy some from one of the
various stock icons pages.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and I never played one on TV.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de
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