On 31 Aug 2009, at 15:15, Steven Degutis wrote:
Aaron,
The sound played is not part of Cocoa if I recall correctly. It is
located
inside Installer.app's Resources directory and you can thus
technically take
it out and use it in your app, if you're alright with that sort of
thing.
*Technically* (since it's the word you used), that's copyright
infringement, unless the owner of the aforementioned sound file (in
this case Apple) says you can.
In practice, Apple seems to adopt a fairly relaxed attitude towards
this kind of thing *provided* you're using system assets in the same
context and with the same meaning. If you were e.g. to use the sound
in a computer game or to use it in a Windows or Linux program... well
it wouldn't surprise me if you ended up being the recipient of a
nastygram from Apple Legal.
I'll also note one more thing; while Apple may be relaxed about these
kinds of issues, it may or may not pay for you to be as relaxed. If,
for instance, you ended up somehow in a legal dispute with Apple later
down the line, Apple might very well decide that to raise the issue of
your infringement of Apple copyrights, *even if* nobody has previously
complained about the matter. If on the other hand you happen to be in
possession of a piece of paper saying it's OK, then they can't really
complain.
Most people don't seem to worry too much about this and just go ahead
and "borrow" things from the system, but it's worth realising that
there is a risk even if you don't see one.
IIRC someone from Apple made a statement a while back about
developers' use of assets (I think in the context of icons, though I'm
not certain), but I don't recall where or with what degree of
authority. Anyone remember?
Kind regards,
Alastair.
--
http://alastairs-place.net
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