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Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by otterley »

logfromblammo wrote: post #139
otterley wrote: post #137

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Since I can't seem to convince you, here's a definition of "Derivative Work" straight from 17 U.S.C. 101 ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101 ) (emphasis mine). (FWIW, I am a licensed attorney who specialized in IP law while in law school; this is not legal advice.) "A “derivative work” is a work _based upon one or more preexisting works_, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fiction…

I don't consider the Facebook logo itself to embody a level of unique creative expression sufficient to qualify as an artwork. Obviously, if contested, that decision could be overruled by a judge, but I like my chances there. .-----. | .-| Probably does not | -+-| violate copyright. | | | '-----'

The bar for qualification as an artistic expression is extremely low. See _Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co_, 499 U.S. 340 ("To be sure, the requisite level of creativity is extremely low; even a slight amount will suffice. The vast majority of works make the grade quite easily, as they possess some creative spark, "no matter how crude, humble or obvious" it might be.")

You'd be better off arguing some other angle, but please study law first so as not to waste anyone's time.

Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by MetaDark »

zimpenfish wrote: post #134
MetaDark wrote: post #86

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If it was consistent with the rest of the *-off icons this is what it would look like: http://svgur.com/i/2if.svg .

On the flip side, if the other *-off icons were consistent with it, things would look fine. Plus it's a more natural direction (for right-handers, at least) - bottom left to top right is a natural "NO!" stroke.

If you want a copy with the lines going from bottom left to top right on all *-off icons, you can run https://pastebin.com/iy84YHyY in your dev tools console when visiting https://feathericons.com.

Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by nedt »

CrystalGamma wrote: post #104
seanwilson wrote: post #64

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I prefer SVGs as well now. You can style + animate them with CSS, it's easier to see what changed in your Git diffs and you can quickly edit them in an SVG editor if you need to.

Do you know any way to style them using CSS without using JS? (and while keeping them cacheable)

If included via svg:use the style gets inherit and you won't need JS. The icons can still be bundled as symbols in one svg, which is cacheable.

Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by rofrol »

seanwilson wrote: post #112
CrystalGamma wrote: post #104

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Do you know any way to style them using CSS without using JS? (and while keeping them cacheable)

Unfortunately no but would love to be proved wrong. You can inline them server-side but then they're not cacheable. There's SVG filters but they're not widely supported yet. I'm curious of the reason why this is so difficult actually (security?). What's wrong with using JS?

I already use svg sprites https://css-tricks.com/svg-sprites-use-better-icon-fonts/

Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by icoloma »

niutech wrote: post #140
amelius wrote: post #58

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Why not use separate SVG files? You could reference them as data-url from the CSS to save round-trips. Perhaps it's just me but using a font to store icons seems arcane.

Webfonts use WOFF2 which use Brotli compression which is more efficient than SVG.

Shouldn't SVG be compressed in the same way as other text contents like HTML and JS? Woff opts out of this behavior, but it's standard with all web servers.

Re: Feather: Open-source icons

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Post by logfromblammo »

otterley wrote: post #141
logfromblammo wrote: post #139

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I don't consider the Facebook logo itself to embody a level of unique creative expression sufficient to qualify as an artwork. Obviously, if contested, that decision could be overruled by a judge, but I like my chances there. .-----. | .-| Probably does not | -+-| violate copyright. | | | '-----'

The bar for qualification as an artistic expression is extremely low. See _Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co_, 499 U.S. 340 ("To be sure, the requisite level of creativity is extremely low; even a slight amount will suffice. The vast majority of works make the grade quite easily, as they possess some creative spark, "no matter how crude, humble or obvious" it might be.") You'd be better off argu…

...as though only the opinions of lawyers count when it comes to the laws that govern everybody. This is why right to trial by petit jury and indictment by grand jury are written into the federal constitution and most state constitutions. The purpose of studying law is so that justice may exist in a society that has abandoned the use of force as the first means of resolving disputes. It is not to shut down a debate via appeal to authority.

What's wasting everyone's time is the rich and powerful trying to mine out and own every last corner of culture. I'll be damned if I will allow Facebook to own every blue square with a lowercase 'f' in it, rather than just the one they use to mark their service. You may feel otherwise, but until this matter actually goes to trial, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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