On Aug 17, 2010, at 2:52 AM, Steve Christensen wrote: >> Ryan Joseph (r...@thealchemistguild.org) on 2010-08-16 20:48 said: >> >>> What is Apples policy on using their icons in commercial application >>> icons? I wanted to use some of the common app icons that are standard to >>> OS X (like Mail, Safari, System Preferences, Dashboard etc...) in my app >>> icon to represent parts of the system but this is very questionable. I >>> have seen people do it before but it would be nice if someone could >>> point me to some official information. Thanks for you any suggestions >>> you have. >> >> I wouldn't copy them into your app. Instead, get them at runtime using >> NSWorkspace and NSImage APIs > > The other benefit of going this route is that you'll alway get the current > version of these icons in case they ever change on an OS update.
I actually wanted to use their icons in my application *icon* and distribute/market it, not just use them in the app via those APIs. From what others said this is forbidden even though I have seen other apps do the same thing. Regards, Ryan Joseph thealchemistguild.org _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com