RE: ResEdit files...

[Chris Little <clittle at renlearn dot ca>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarvis Badgley [mailto:chiper at macatawa dot org]
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: ResEdit files...
>

SNIP

>
> I am curious, what are the legal concerns behind using the icons
> in System Prefs?  Are they open for other developers to use, or
> has apple copyrighted them and reserved them for that only. 
> Does that also apply to the icons in other Apple made OSX apps?
> Right now I'm using icons taken out of mail.app, terminal.app,
> and the system prefs panes.  I just want to know if there's a
> possibility of getting sued.  Does apple have a collection of
> public domain icons for OSX?
>

All of the icons are copyrighted by Apple because the whole system is copyrighted by Apple.

Unless there is an API that makes the icon accessible them you are breaking Apple's copyright.  If there is an icon you want to use, send an email to DTS asking for an API.

That said, it may not be worth Apple's effort to make you stop using it.

Chris