Twitter emoji (discord uses these also) are open source: https://twemoji.twitter.com/
Both of these are very consistent and good open source emoji. I think in the past a lot of these projects that were not backed by companies eventually devolved into a paid product that was no longer open source, but I'm hopeful that openmoji continues down the FOSS path.
[0] https://dn-works.com/ufas/
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20180129230141/http://users.teil...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20180302032711/http://users.teil...
Namely these (paraphrased) snippets:
1) The developer retains all rights to previous, current and future versions of UFAS.
2) Users are prohibited from network installation.
3) Users are prohibited from redistributing UFAS.
> NotoColorEmoji uses the CBDT/CBLC color font format, which is supported by Android and Chrome/Chromium OS. Windows supports it starting with Windows 10 Anniversary Update in Chrome and Edge. On macOS, only Chrome supports it, while on Linux it will support it with some fontconfig tweaking, see issue #36. Currently we do not build other color font formats.
[0]: https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-openmoji%2Fclimat...
https://openmoji.org/library/#search=Baby&emoji=1F476
I stand humbly corrected
I'd like CC0 better for this case. If anyone is looking for a repository with many CC0 icons (among other licenses), I recommend SvgRepo: https://www.svgrepo.com/
Going over CC-BY-SA for those used to software licenses only: If I make a work which uses CC-BY-SA material I have to provide attribution. If I modify the emoji to suit my own purposes, I need to release these new emoji under CC-BY-SA, and attribution to the originals must be provided, they may not be kept proprietary.
Using it in a project is redistribution, modifying it is adaption.
Personally I like the license you're using.
There's a number of these types of sites, and I like to keep links to them all, for when I'm looking for inspiration or graphics.
They've even had a go at the black and white versions of some flags! (but naturally they have a few they need to work on still). Flip the color switch on the link below to see it:
https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-unicode%2Fsubdivi...
It covers all existing more or less complete emoji sets,, with licensing information (except for Apple Emojis. Nobody knows what is the license for Apple Emojis and how summer developers get away with using them).
But, it's good to have more options in the open emoji field -- if only Apple would freely license their emoji artwork.
I'm making an android game and UTF8 emojis are great for UI icons. I'm currently using the Google Noto one but it's certainly not usable in games.
I'm waiting for Godot 4 to allow me to display android native emojis from the system font, but I'm not sure yet it will really work.
I now want to try if I can use this font for my icons, as long as godot allows me to load a font and pick UTF8 character by their codepoint.
[1]: https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/blob/main/LICENSE
Congrats to everybody for taking time and giving us those emojis.
On a more serious note, what are the author's plans to extend it? I saw that it's a project, so will it keep growing or is it pretty much done?
[1] https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-unicode [2] https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-openmoji
What is the purpose here? How much overlap?
Just because they're on the Unicode website doesn't mean Unicode owns them. It's just a resource to be aware of how emoji can appear differently in different sets.
Unless you can point out a column that is specifically open source.
The "Twtr" (Twitter) column, I believe, is Twitter's "twemoji"[1], which is CC-BY.
But your general point about the link being for comparison purposes and not implying any particular license is also correct, too.
If you want to use Apple's image for U+1F600, your use either has to be “fair use” or Apple has to grant you a license. For example, Apple's app store guidelines explicitly grant you the following license:
> 4.5.6 Apps may use Unicode characters that render as Apple emoji in their app and app metadata. Apple emoji may not be used on other platforms or embedded directly in your app binary.
And of course because it's Apple, enforcement is capricious: https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/8/16992830/apple-emoji-crack...
So you might want an image for U+1F600 which you are clearly licensed to use. OpenMoji is one source for such an image.
I think each vendor has to make the design on their own.
You can use the platform emojies on platforms that have and support them but you can't freely use them as in you can't redistribute them so you can't host or use them on your website without licensing issues.
Its like a font like Akurrat you can use it if the platform provides it but if you are providing it you need a licence.
I also think it's a silly change that software vendors had absolutely no business making, but I am afraid that the battle is largely lost. All popular platforms now render the pistol as a squirt gun. Rendering it differently on your own computer achieves little.
Very strange that OpenMoji seemingly calls it a "water pistol" while continuing to render a revolver, however. That's surely going to annoy everyone...
There's an argument to be made that just having 1 unrealistic color could be more inclusive than many skin tones, but the characteristics of the people look white in general. Like, even the curly haired person. They just look like white people. I'm white, but this doesn't seem very inclusive.
Is there a skin tone variant I'm missing?
