Re: [cosmos-dev] Images & Icons

[David Whiteman <David_Whiteman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Simmonds, Martin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Are there any rules about what icons, can be displayed in the UI?
I
> assume displaying images that are found in Dojo are ok, as we are
> allowed to include dojo.  What about additional icons ? For example,
> the Tango desktop project creates icons specifically for opensource:
>
> http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project
>
> The terms of use are:
>
> The Tango base icon theme is licensed under the Creative Commons
> Attribution Share-Alike license
> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/>.
The palette is in
> public domain. Developers, feel free to ship it along with your
> application. The icon naming utilities are licensed under the GPL
> <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.
>
> Use of icons from the tango-icon-theme module must be attributed to
> the Tango Desktop Project.
>
> Martin (The father of Hello World)

GPL raises a red flag there.  We can't include anything that isn't
EPL,
at least not without approval from the IPZilla folks.  Any icons you
use
from the Tango base icon theme will have to go through the IPZilla
process if you did not create them yourself.

It's always good to base icons off similar metaphors.
 Think about
whether the concept you're representing is similar to one already used
elsewhere in Eclipse, and create an icon that is a variation of it.
Here's a good blog post on icon use in Eclipse:
http://blog.cypal-solutions.com/2008/02/eclipse-icons.html

Here's an interesting proposal for an Eclipse icon
exchange:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_UI_Outlet

Ruth might have more to add from her TPTP experience.

David