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Re: Apple offers 2,400 icons for free

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Not exactly free. IMPORTANT All SF Symbols shall be considered to be system-provided images as defined in the Xcode and Apple SDKs license agreements and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. You may not use SF Symbols — or glyphs that are substantially or confusingly similar — in your app icons, logos, or any other trademark-related use. Apple reserves the right to review and, in its sole discre…

>or glyphs that are substantially or confusingly similar In the image on the linked page, they use glyphs that are so common, some might consider them "standard". It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property. As a matter of fact, I don't see a single icon in that screenshot that I'd consider belonging to Apple. Those are all pretty much Font Awesome/IcoMoon sta…

>It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property

Well, they don't. This is about this particular arrow(s) icon(s).

Re: Apple offers 2,400 icons for free

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>or glyphs that are substantially or confusingly similar In the image on the linked page, they use glyphs that are so common, some might consider them "standard". It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property. As a matter of fact, I don't see a single icon in that screenshot that I'd consider belonging to Apple. Those are all pretty much Font Awesome/IcoMoon sta…

> It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property Well, they don't. This is about this particular arrow(s) icon(s).

But, how is it different (confusingly or not) than the 1200 other examples on IcoMoon?

Re: Apple offers 2,400 icons for free

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property Well, they don't. This is about this particular arrow(s) icon(s).

But, how is it different (confusingly or not) than the 1200 other examples on IcoMoon?

In various subtle ways. Or not. It's up for a court to decide, if it ever gets there.

IcoMoon also licenses its fonts: https://icomoon.io/#icons-lindua/license

Re: Apple offers 2,400 icons for free

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post #8

Not exactly free. IMPORTANT All SF Symbols shall be considered to be system-provided images as defined in the Xcode and Apple SDKs license agreements and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. You may not use SF Symbols — or glyphs that are substantially or confusingly similar — in your app icons, logos, or any other trademark-related use. Apple reserves the right to review and, in its sole discre…

>or glyphs that are substantially or confusingly similar In the image on the linked page, they use glyphs that are so common, some might consider them "standard". It's reprehensible that Apply might try and consider the "undo arrow" their own intellectual property. As a matter of fact, I don't see a single icon in that screenshot that I'd consider belonging to Apple. Those are all pretty much Font Awesome/IcoMoon sta…

> I don't see a single icon in that screenshot that I'd consider belonging to Apple.

Did you look specifically at the "Symbols For Use As-Is" list?

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...

That list is made up entirely of logos for Apple products and features, and images of their products. Many of them are trademarks! It'd be hard to think of anything that is more clearly Apple's IP than this.

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