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

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