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Font Awesome is pretty popular and I haven't seen anything happening there with regards to this situation, so this is a non-issue IMO.

• slg 13y ago
  I am not sure if the "But Mom, all my friends were doing it" defense will hold up in court. In all seriousness, they are claiming copyright over an icon that is clearly meant to represent a brand's copyrighted and trademarked logo. Then they are rereleasing that logo under a MIT license. I have never gone to law school, but I can't imagine that Apple's lawyers will be thrilled by that.
  • Bahamut 13y ago
    I understand, but it's not always so cut and dry. Seeing that a popular almost identical non-controversial product is doing the same thing without any legal action is a vote of confidence in my book. Having been part of a hobbyist organization who has had experience with dealing with large corporations who hold copyrights (in music), I am privy to information you might be surprised at what companies choose to let slide as unofficial policy.
    • Silhouette 13y ago
      Different kinds of IP have different properties in different places. In particular, in some cases, the rights continue until they run out unless they are deliberately relinquished, while in other cases the rights must be defended or they can be weakened. Just because you've seen organisations let copyright infringement slide in the past, that doesn't necessarily mean they would let something like trademark use go unchallenged in the same way.