Licensing

Learn more about the icons listed on svgrepo.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.

ICON Repo is an open catalogue of icons, vectors and cliparts. Our bots collect 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 ICON Repo can submit open licensed vectors or their visual work for listing. This means ICON Repo 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;

ICON Repo 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 ICON Repo or by our users automatically falls under this license. Also some users can choose to release their work under this default license.

You don't need to give attribution to ICON Repo or any author for this licensed content.

But we would very much appreciate if you add;

Icons and icons by <a href="https://www.svgrepo.com" target="_blank">ICON Repo</a>

with a link in your webpage, about section of your app. This increases the organic reach and authority of ICON Repo 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 ICON Repo, 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 can't redistribute material in a similar way to ICON Repo website as it is
  • reselling - You can't 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.

Open Source

(As source code or software) This license also might be referred (specifically) as MIT or GNU GPL on our website.

Some SVG files distributed on this website are licensed by their source code, and this licenses will indicate the terms of use. Open Source can be defined as, in brief, allowing software to be freely used (including commercially), modified, and shared

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 – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't accepts any liability
  • 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 – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't accepts any liability
  • 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 can't 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 – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't accepts any liability
  • 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 – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't accepts any liability
  • 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 ICON Repo.

You are free:

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

Under the following terms:

  • liability – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't accepts any liability
  • 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.

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 can't remix or change it for any use in an unintended way.
  • liability – the author doesn't provide any warranty and doesn't 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.

About ICON Repo's Distribution, Search and Editing Tools

ICON Repo 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 Icon" that helps users edit 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, 2016 - Initial license and ICON Repo License details
  • January 01, 2018 - Added "About ICON Repo's Distribution, Search and Editing Tools" section
  • November 19, 2019 - Added listed Open source licenses (as source code section)
  • December 15, 2022 - Added anchor links for all license headers
  • January 03, 2023 - Added details and links for Apache, OFL and MPL licenses

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