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176x132x16 - Working on Apple-like Theme for iPod Nano

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crzyboyster:
I really do like the theme, but what I don't like at all is the font. Use the helvR10 font, it looks a lot better in the menus and the wps. Cleaner, ipod-inspired look.

Siku:
Thank you all for the feedback!

This is exactly what I was worried about; the copyright issues. I wonder what exactly is the thing that could be considered as copyright infringement? Is it the graphics, the positioning on the screen, the font or is it the whole looks? And what pondlife said, why isn't PictureFlow infringing the copyright?

But the bottom line is: I'm not willing to release anything if there is even the slightest chance of copyright infringement.

Regards,
Siku

AlexP:
As scorche says, very few places, maybe only the USA has interface copyrighting.  That is to say if you take inspiration from a layout but create all your own images etc, you are OK.  However, if you re-use images without the permission of the copyright owner, that is not OK.

Rockbox SVN is hosted in Sweden, so US laws do not cover it.  I, for instance, live in Europe, so US laws do not apply to me, the laws of the country I live in do.  However, if you are in the USA or another country that allows interface copyright, then it is up to you whether you wish to respect that law or not.  That being said, as scorche says, Rockbox does not worry about it.  What we take very seriously is copyright on images.  You CANNOT use those.  If you create your own (and this doesn't just mean drawing an exact copy), OK

Therefore, pictureflow is probably OK in most places - we haven't copied anything of Apple's directly, just taken inspiration from the idea and programmed our own version.  Think of the various media players (XMMS (I think) comes to mind) that boast of a "Winamp like interface".

And, very importantly, as with everyone here IANAL in any way, this is just my interpretation.

Siku:
I see. I saw a few other themes that seem to use the same graphics (at least partly) as Leonid Frolov has used in his theme. I guess they have the permission to use the graphics. I couldn't find any contact information for Leonid Frolov from the wiki page, so I'm unable to ask for the permission. Thus I'm not going to release my theme. Thank you for the input.

Regards,
Siku

Axio:
Good job !

I really like it, change the font and it will be awesome !

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