On 12/7/2010 2:44 PM, John Fabiani wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:01:18 am [email protected] wrote:
>> Any recommendations for free and commercial icon/image sets
>> licensed for commercial use?
>>
>> I've seen some really high quality icons/images in open source
>> software lately, but I suspect most of these image sets are GPL
>> in nature, thus (in my interpretation) not available for use in
>> commercial products.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Malcolm
> I disagree with your interpretation.
> If they are open source then just provide the source and copy right.  It's my
> understanding after doing both you can do as you please - including using the
> icons in commercial products.
I think the general consensus is that GPL is not compatible if you embed 
it but LGPL and certain CC formats are.  To be safe, put the icons file 
tree exactly like it is with attribution/licensing info into your 
resource tree and load it dynamically at run time.  You may want to 
check out these links though there is surprisingly scant info about it.  
Not sure if licensing is affected by distributing the icon in an 
installer or not.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/139944/where-can-one-find-free-software-icons-images
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/391547/can-i-use-library-distributed-under-creative-commons-license-in-commercial-app
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/119212
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/47989/using-icons-licensed-under-gpl-or-lgpl-in-a-closed-source-commercial-software
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/846668/commercial-software-using-open-source-projects


Regards,

Nate
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