Can material icons be used in products that i sell ?

[user-mk]

Hello,

can i use material design icons in products i sell. the icons will be included together with my product when i sell my product.

so can material design icons be used in products that i sell ?

MMK.

[ConfusedVorlon]

Yes - see the licence here
https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/master/LICENSE

[Aspie96]

The confusion makes sense.
The product is released under Apache license, but Google asks not to sell it. This requirement is incompatible. See #424 and #605.

This creates a lot of confusion about the license, in my opinion.

[ConfusedVorlon]

It seems pretty clear to me. The licence governs the legal terms.

Additionally, they ask that you don't resell the icons themselves (e.g. don't sell a material icon pack containing just the icons)

You can legally ignore their request (I'm assuming that the Apache the licence gives you permission to sell the icons) - but it would reflect poorly on your moral character.

[Aspie96]

Not clear at all. To write it in the "license" section is misleading, considering how many people already don't understand such licenses. Of course one can ask whatever they wish, but then it must be a bit clearer.

I'm assuming that the Apache the licence gives you permission to sell the

icons It does, since it is a free software license. Every free software license does. The Apache license allows you to distribute copies of the work and doesn't prevent distribution for a fee. If you add any clause, it's no longer the Apache license.

but it would reflect poorly on your moral character.

I don't intend, myself, to distribute the icons, whether for free or not, but I disagree with this statement. If you apply a license to one of your works, you are giving a permission. If you don't want people to do something with your work, just apply a more restrictive license. Regardless, a better wording could be:

We have made these icons available for you under the Apache License

Version 2.0 to incorporate into your products [The previous wording might suggest the product itself need to be under Apache, which isn't true]. Feel free to remix and re-share these icons and documentation in your products. We'd love attribution in your app's about screen, but it's not required. We'd prefer you not to re-sell these icons. Saying "ask" in a section call "license" can be interpreted by some as a legal requirement. And you can see that in some other issues: people (including myself) do find it confusing. If it is something that is kindly asked, rather than a requirement, then it shall not look like a (legal?) requirement. Please see: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html. Note that Apache 2.0 is a free license and, also, that the page does not only apply to selling your own software. Il giorno lun 23 dic 2019 alle ore 15:18 ConfusedVorlon < notifications@github.com> ha scritto:

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It seems pretty clear to me. The licence governs the legal terms. Additionally, they *ask* that you don't resell the icons themselves (e.g. don't sell material icon pack containing just the icons) You can legally ignore their request (I'm assuming that the Apache the licence gives you permission to sell the icons) - but it would reflect poorly on your moral character. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#822?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADJ3F5OWUT5OXCB7KRNVHK3Q2DCBZA5CNFSM4FJMKQP2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEHRG35I#issuecomment-568487413>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADJ3F5P6KWZYUVW3GV5WXL3Q2DCBZANCNFSM4FJMKQPQ> .

[RoelN]

🥳 #605