This is really hard to find out. There's no clear statement that SDK components as platform images are effectively Open Source (under Apache License).
There are a lot of paid apps that use, for example, Gingerbread icons and drawables, even full apps ripped or reverse-engineered from Gingerbread SDK platform. So it can be done? Or are these apps violating Android Terms of Use? Thanks On 28 Gen, 14:52, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats a good questions. > > I know that even Google Engineers will suggest that if you want to use > the icons in the SDK that you make your own copy to bundle with the > app. Although based on what you've highlighted here thats not supposed > to happen. > > However, at the same time all the source is license under the Apache > License, which would suggest that you can do that. > > I'm not expert though, so if it's a concern for you, talk to your own > lawyer. > > - Brill Pappin > > On Jan 28, 4:06 am, Mariux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > is there some sort of prohibition to use official Android icons in > > paid apps? > > > The Android SDK Terms of use reports this: > > > "3.3 Except to the extent required by applicable third party licenses, > > you may not copy (except for backup purposes), modify, adapt, > > redistribute, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create > > derivative works of the SDK or any part of the SDK. Except to the > > extent required by applicable third party licenses, you may not load > > any part of the SDK onto a mobile handset or any other hardware device > > except a personal computer, combine any part of the SDK with other > > software, or distribute any software or device incorporating a part of > > the SDK." > > > "3.6 Nothing in this License Agreement gives you a right to use any of > > Google's trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, > > or other distinctive brand features." > > > Icons should be considered "part of the SDK" or "distinctive brand > > features"? > > > Thanks > > > Mariux -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
