As is (in absence of a clear information about copyright and license terms) it looks dangerously like some random dude just ripped the icons from AWS and misleadingly tells everyone they can just go ahead and "Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" (notice the generic "projects")… when that doesn't correspond at all to what is written on the AWS page from which the icons were "sourced" (link at the bottom of the page), and which in stark contrast to that says:
> Customers and partners are permitted by AWS to use the resources below to create architecture diagrams […] in your whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical material.
So the original site has a restriction both on WHO is allowed to use the icons (only customers and partners) and on the PURPOSES for which they can be used. While "technical material" is somewhat vague, it's not the kind of vagueness that would protect from a lawsuit, and it would typically be understood (especially in the context) as material directly related to technical documentation… as opposed to just any web site, app or other software "project".
So as is (i.e. in absence of clear copyright and licensing terms), that generic "[yo bro, just go ahead and] Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" looks like a legal accident waiting to happen.
We wanted to make it easier for people to discover and use these icons in diagramming tools. Understand that maybe "sourced from" is not clear enough so we've added more explicit wording at the bottom which explains license and ownership for the icons.
This seems way more user friendly. If you're using Excalidraw or Draw.io, you can just copy the SVG and paste it directly into what you are working on.
I feel like the icons and logos of AWS are the most unimaginative icons I've come across. Mostly just boxes and lines in different configurations, and very hard to tell apart from each other. It's just awash in boxes and circles, like a UML diagram or something.
As is (in absence of a clear information about copyright and license terms) it looks dangerously like some random dude just ripped the icons from AWS and misleadingly tells everyone they can just go ahead and "Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" (notice the generic "projects")… when that doesn't correspond at all to what is written on the AWS page from which the icons were "sourced" (link at the bottom of the page), and which in stark contrast to that says:
> Customers and partners are permitted by AWS to use the resources below to create architecture diagrams […] in your whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical material.
So the original site has a restriction both on WHO is allowed to use the icons (only customers and partners) and on the PURPOSES for which they can be used. While "technical material" is somewhat vague, it's not the kind of vagueness that would protect from a lawsuit, and it would typically be understood (especially in the context) as material directly related to technical documentation… as opposed to just any web site, app or other software "project".
So as is (i.e. in absence of clear copyright and licensing terms), that generic "[yo bro, just go ahead and] Download, copy and paste [the icons] for your projects" looks like a legal accident waiting to happen.