Licensing

Learn more about the icons listed on pnglogos.com and what type of licensing terms they are under. See the differences between different licenses and learn the terms of use on your projects.

pngLogos is an open catalogue of icons, vectors and cliparts. Our bots collect SVG icons and indexes them from various known sources with open licensed content and makes it easy for users to search, find and edit icons. Additionally, users of pngLogos can submit open licensed vectors or their visual work for listing. This means pngLogos website can be referred as proxy distributors or simply tools to make it easy to find icons/vectors.

See the headlines for different licensing types on our website;

pnglogos.com License

(As source code, visual or creative work) This is the default license for our website.

The content created by transformation or remix of Public Domain and Open source vectors and icons by pngLogos or by our users automatically falls under this license. Also some users can choose to release their work under this default license.

You dont need to give attribution to pngLogos or any author for this licensed content.

But we would very much appreciate if you add;

SVG Vectors and icons by pngLogos

with a link in your webpage, about section of your app. This increases the organic reach and authority of pngLogos and allow us to reach more developers and designers.

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute with limitation and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • attribution author waived their rights or author is pngLogos LLC, no attribution required but appreciated
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you can distribute your work under any license.
  • redistribution You cant redistribute material in a similar way to pngLogos website as it is
  • reselling You cant resell the material for money as it is, but you can use as part of a commercial project
Unless in the single pages of icons indexed on this website indicates differently, all icons and vectors distributed on this website is subject to this license.

Public Domain

(As visual work) This license also might be referred as No copyright or CC0 1.0 Universal PD Dedication on our website.

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Or, the work consists of simple geometry and is not ineligable for copyright due to Threshold of originality (this threshold might vary depending on different country laws). For an example A stick figure, where the head is represented by a circle and other parts represented by straight lines is not copyrightable or falls into public domain.

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • attribution there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you can distribute your work under any license.

Unless in the single pages of icons indexed on this website indicates differently, simple icons distributed on this website is subject to public domain or open source.

To learn more about this license, check out this page.

Creative Commons

(As any creative work) This license also might be referred as CC abbreviation on our website.

For Icons licensed with Creative Commons you can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format with the terms of giving appropriate credit and provide a link to the license. The terms may vary depending on types.

Attribution CC BY

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • attribution you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you can distribute your work under any license

Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • attribution you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute under same license

Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • attribution you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
  • non commercial you may not use the material for commercial purposes

You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.

To learn more about this license and variations, check out creativecommons.org website.

Logo License

(As visual work) Varying definition

Artworks listed as Logo license can be only used with varying limitations from the copyright holder. In order to use the logo of the company Apple in their work, user needs to research the appropriate way of and rules of the company.

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work

Under the following terms:

  • to remix you cant remix or change it for any use in an unintended way.
  • liability the author doesnt provide any warranty and doesnt accepts any liability
  • trademark use does not grand trademark rights.
  • varying terms terms of the license can change per company or author basis, user have to research additional terms.

Open Source

(As visual work) This license also might be referred as No copyright or CC0 1.0 Universal PD Dedication on our website.

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Or, the work consists of simple geometry and is not ineligable for copyright due to Threshold of originality (this threshold might vary depending on different country laws). For an example A stick figure, where the head is represented by a circle and other parts represented by straight lines is not copyrightable or falls into public domain.

MIT License

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • liability there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • copyright notice a copy of the license or copyright notice must be included with software
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you can distribute your work under any license

GNU General Public License

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • liability there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • copyright notice a copy of the license or copyright notice must be included with software
  • documentation If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, changes must be documented.
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you cant distribute your work with a closed source license

Apache License

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • liability there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • copyright notice a copy of the license or copyright notice must be included with software
  • trademark use does not grand trademark rights.

Mozilla Public License

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • liability there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • copyright notice a copy of the license or copyright notice must be included with software
  • trademark use does not grand trademark rights.
  • share alike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you have to distribute your work with Mozilla Public License

SIL Open Font License

(As source code of a font file) Artwork or content derived from fonts as SVG in order to list in pngLogos.

You are free:

  • to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix to adapt the work

Under the following terms:

  • liability there is no author or author waived their right, no attribution
  • copyright notice a copy of the license or copyright notice must be included with software
  • trademark use does not grand trademark rights.

To learn more about this license, check out MIT, GNU GPL, Apache, MLP and OFL webpages.

About pngLogos`s Distribution, Search and Editing Tools

pngLogos distributes all the content under this current domain name without any liability or warranty, we as this website and the company that owns this website is not liable for any legal conflict for misusing any licensed visual, source code or creative work.

Search Engine of this website and the version of SVG Editor Tool (can be launched by clicking Edit SVG that helps users edit SVG icons and vectors) on this website is a private property, the transformation and adoption to an SVG file or vector using this tool is not under warranty, and this website is not liable for any legal conflict for remixing any licensed visual, source code or creative work.

Additionally, summarized and cited licenses on this page are based on the links (provided) of every license, and summarizations of this page is not legally binding. For legal purposes please refer to the provided links.

Changelog

  • December 23, 2022 Initial license and pngLogos License details
  • January 01, 2023 Added About pngLogos`s Distribution, Search and Editing Tools section
  • November 19, 2023 Added listed Open source licenses (as source code section)
  • November 19, 2023 Added details and links for Apache, OFL and MPL licenses
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