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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Applets? [ was: Re: kde mp3 player]
From:       Martin Konold <konold () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-14 16:28:56
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On Fri, 14 May 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:

> Question: is there any copyright issue if we copy toolbar icons from other
> applications? I have seen the same icons (eg. the floppy disk for "Save")
> in many toolbars in many different applications. 
> Did they all pay license fees? Is it possible to copyright a small icon? 
> (like the ones appearing in toolbars)

Please be very careful and do not copy ANY non open source artwork into
kde applications. 

E.g.: The big number of win32 icons are freely availabe from M$ but ONLY
for use on the Windows platform. 

Regards,
-- martin

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// Email: konold@kde.org                                         //
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