[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Icons & Copyright
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () ens ! ascom ! ch>
Date:       1999-05-17 8:55:44
[Download RAW message or body]

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)

Icons, just as code and large images are covered by copyright. Unless
you 
have permission from the copyright holder (e.g. they are part of a
GPL'ed
program cq. you asked and got explicit permission) you can NOT copy
icons
from other applications.

You can of course draw a very similar floppy disk yourself.

Cheers,
Waldo Bastian
bastian@kde.org

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]