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Download, copy and paste AWS icons in SVG and PNG format for your projects

26 points by victor96 4y ago

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EntrePrescott 4y ago
Where is the license? As is (in absence of a clear information about copyright and license terms) it looks dangerously like some random dude just ripped the icons from AWS and misleadingly tells everyone they can just go ahead and "Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" (notice the generic "projects")… when that doesn't correspond at all to what is written on the AWS page from which the icons were "sourced" (link at the bottom of the page), and which in stark contrast to that says: > Customers and partners are permitted by AWS to use the resources below to create architecture diagrams […] in your whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical material. So the original site has a restriction both on WHO is allowed to use the icons (only customers and partners) and on the PURPOSES for which they can be used. While "technical material" is somewhat vague, it's not the kind of vagueness that would protect from a lawsuit, and it would typically be understood (especially in the context) as material directly related to technical documentation… as opposed to just any web site, app or other software "project". So as is (i.e. in absence of clear copyright and licensing terms), that generic "[yo bro, just go ahead and] Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" looks like a legal accident waiting to happen.
- victorl96 4y ago
  We wanted to make it easier for people to discover and use these icons in diagramming tools. Understand that maybe "sourced from" is not clear enough so we've added more explicit wording at the bottom which explains license and ownership for the icons.
djha-skin 4y ago
I feel like the icons and logos of AWS are the most unimaginative icons I've come across. Mostly just boxes and lines in different configurations, and very hard to tell apart from each other. It's just awash in boxes and circles, like a UML diagram or something.
- raincole 4y ago
  I think it's intentional. Dullness sometimes feels reliable.
- albert_e 4y ago
  Better than the 3D lego blocky mess from a few years ago that became unmanageable
Jamie9912 4y ago
Ironically these icons appear to be being served by Google Cloud
upon_drumhead 4y ago
The filtering appears totally broken. Searching for outposts shows 4 icons found, but lists pages of unrelated icons, including a ton of duplicates.
gorkish 4y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=piggy+bank+icon&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=piggy+bank+icon&tbm=isch
dan1234 4y ago
Why use this instead of the official packages? https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/
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- _fat_santa 4y ago
  This seems way more user friendly. If you're using Excalidraw or Draw.io, you can just copy the SVG and paste it directly into what you are working on.
  - dan1234 4y ago
    AWS have an integration for Draw.io[1] so no copy/pasting needed! https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4
  - matt_heimer 4y ago
    For draw.io the official ones are available in the drawer if you open https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 The official Asset Package provides all the SVGs in a zip.
- matt_heimer 4y ago
  From the bottom of the page "Icons sourced from https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/" Comparing them, they seem to be exactly the same.
darkwater 4y ago
A lost opportunity to use https://icons.aws https://icons.aws (yeah I understand this site is not by AWS itself)
hakube 4y ago
Is there something similar for Google Cloud?
- matt_heimer 4y ago
  Yes. AWS https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ GCP https://cloud.google.com/icons https://cloud.google.com/icons Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ OCI https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/General/Reference/graphicsfordiagrams.htm https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/General/Reference...
albert_e 4y ago
This looks cool But it only has service icons but not resource icons? Also can we make an API out of this :)
- victorl96 4y ago
  What kind of resource icons are you missing? Also interested to hear any use cases you think might be cool here.

26 points by victor96 4y ago

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Where is the license? As is (in absence of a clear information about copyright and license terms) it looks dangerously like some random dude just ripped the icons from AWS and misleadingly tells everyone they can just go ahead and "Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" (notice the generic "projects")… when that doesn't correspond at all to what is written on the AWS page from which the icons were "sourced" (link at the bottom of the page), and which in stark contrast to that says: > Customers and partners are permitted by AWS to use the resources below to create architecture diagrams […] in your whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical material. So the original site has a restriction both on WHO is allowed to use the icons (only customers and partners) and on the PURPOSES for which they can be used. While "technical material" is somewhat vague, it's not the kind of vagueness that would protect from a lawsuit, and it would typically be understood (especially in the context) as material directly related to technical documentation… as opposed to just any web site, app or other software "project". So as is (i.e. in absence of clear copyright and licensing terms), that generic "[yo bro, just go ahead and] Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" looks like a legal accident waiting to happen.

victorl96 4y ago
We wanted to make it easier for people to discover and use these icons in diagramming tools. Understand that maybe "sourced from" is not clear enough so we've added more explicit wording at the bottom which explains license and ownership for the icons.

djha-skin 4y ago

I feel like the icons and logos of AWS are the most unimaginative icons I've come across. Mostly just boxes and lines in different configurations, and very hard to tell apart from each other. It's just awash in boxes and circles, like a UML diagram or something.

raincole 4y ago
I think it's intentional. Dullness sometimes feels reliable.
albert_e 4y ago
Better than the 3D lego blocky mess from a few years ago that became unmanageable

Jamie9912 4y ago

Ironically these icons appear to be being served by Google Cloud

upon_drumhead 4y ago

The filtering appears totally broken. Searching for outposts shows 4 icons found, but lists pages of unrelated icons, including a ton of duplicates.

gorkish 4y ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=piggy+bank+icon&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=piggy+bank+icon&tbm=isch

dan1234 4y ago

Why use this instead of the official packages? https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/

deleted 4y ago
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_fat_santa 4y ago
This seems way more user friendly. If you're using Excalidraw or Draw.io, you can just copy the SVG and paste it directly into what you are working on.
- dan1234 4y ago
  AWS have an integration for Draw.io[1] so no copy/pasting needed! https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4
- matt_heimer 4y ago
  For draw.io the official ones are available in the drawer if you open https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 https://www.draw.io/?splash=0&libs=aws4 The official Asset Package provides all the SVGs in a zip.
matt_heimer 4y ago
From the bottom of the page "Icons sourced from https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/" Comparing them, they seem to be exactly the same.

darkwater 4y ago

A lost opportunity to use https://icons.aws https://icons.aws (yeah I understand this site is not by AWS itself)

hakube 4y ago

Is there something similar for Google Cloud?

matt_heimer 4y ago
Yes. AWS https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ GCP https://cloud.google.com/icons https://cloud.google.com/icons Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ OCI https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/General/Reference/graphicsfordiagrams.htm https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/General/Reference...

albert_e 4y ago

This looks cool But it only has service icons but not resource icons? Also can we make an API out of this :)

victorl96 4y ago
What kind of resource icons are you missing? Also interested to hear any use cases you think might be cool here.