On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 04:53:51PM -0400, Jason T. Slack wrote: > > Who says the icons are the same? Take a _really_ close look at both > > http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/images/interface.gif and the > > gimp toolbox. Mostly the only difference is the shading in the gimp > > icons, but I suppose all you need is one pixel different. Who would > > Adobe sue if there is a copywrite infringment? The president of gnu > > organization? Hmm... > > This topic came up in course of conversation at my office today. A few > individuals thought that the icons were copied from photoshop. So I thought > I would ask to see if that was true. Adobe Photoshop (and many other programs) use the Mac standard UI icons for a lot of elements. Take a look at MacPaint sometime, for example. So they aren't Adobe icons, actually, they're Apple icons... Zach -- xach@xxxxxxxx Zachary Beane http://www.xach.com/
