Creative Commons for including icon sets in application?

Apps & Remote Access HomeWave (iOS)
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I’m not a developer… but I work with some. I’m having a site put together now, and the developer suggested we can use a Creative Commons license to use icons found on the internet. I thought it might be worth looking into if it adds value to the app.

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I’ve looked at this at some point. The problem is that including icons under a CC ShareAlike or non-commercial license in a commercial, closed source app is a bit iffy.

A solution would be to allow downloading of icon packs, and then simply offer those packs on the HomeWave website. The way I see it, the downloadable packs constitute a separate work, which can be shared under an SA or NC license separately. I’ll check with my lawyer :slight_smile:

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Nice. I’m not intimately familiar with the legal ins & outs of CC licenses, but I thought it might be worth looking into.