Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by torial » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 6:37 PM UTC

Icons (including free for commercial use)
iconfinder.com

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by bryanh » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 7:28 PM UTC

I've used icon finder hundreds of times. It's great.

I am also a fan of the Fugue icon set (http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/) with over 3000 (!) super high quality icons. There is a licensing fee if you don't want to attribute but it is pretty affordable ($60).

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by jcromartie » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

Are the icons in this set actually usable? http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social

What are the legal issues there?

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by dchest » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 7:38 PM UTC

Be careful: some icons that have free licenses actually use elements of images that are not under those licenses.

Examples:

http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_wi... (XP wallpaper, listed under GPL license)

http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_a... - Apple's icon

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by binarymax » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 7:40 PM UTC

jcromartie wrote: post #3

Are the icons in this set actually usable? http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social What are the legal issues there?

It says at the top: License: Free for commercial use, but I also recommend going through the Readme to make absolutely sure.

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by jcromartie » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 7:42 PM UTC

binarymax wrote: post #5

jcromartie wrote: post #3

Are the icons in this set actually usable? http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social What are the legal issues there?

It says at the top: License: Free for commercial use , but I also recommend going through the Readme to make absolutely sure.

I mean in regards to them being mostly trademarks of other companies.

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by petervandijck » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:07 PM UTC

I was going to say: since when does stuff like this get on HN, but it's actually a pretty awesome site.

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by shasta » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:11 PM UTC

jcromartie wrote: post #6

binarymax wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says at the top: License: Free for commercial use , but I also recommend going through the Readme to make absolutely sure.

I mean in regards to them being mostly trademarks of other companies.

You can use them for whatever you want. If you run into any legal trouble, just tell 'em shasta from the internet said you could use them.

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by duskwuff » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:13 PM UTC

dchest wrote: post #4

Be careful: some icons that have free licenses actually use elements of images that are not under those licenses. Examples: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_wi... (XP wallpaper, listed under GPL license) http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_a... - Apple's icon

Most of the icons in the "Futurosoft" set you've linked look like they were ripped from various sources (mostly from Windows 7, with a few from OS X). It looks like the set was syndicated from kde-look.org, and I've shot them a message about the situation.

Re: Icons (including free for commercial use)

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Post by simonsquiff » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:21 PM UTC

bryanh wrote: post #2

I've used icon finder hundreds of times. It's great. I am also a fan of the Fugue icon set ( http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/ ) with over 3000 (!) super high quality icons. There is a licensing fee if you don't want to attribute but it is pretty affordable ($60).

The fugue set is great. I paid not so I didn't have to attribute but because the creator so clearly deserves it.