top | item 39754929 (no title) DrMachiavel | 1 year ago Doesn't bother anyone to just copy/paste an existing software and build it in Open Source? discuss order hn newest TheMiddleMan|1 year ago Yeah it feels weird to me too.Similar/inspired-by software is fine but if a commercial project were to rip off everything down to the style and design of an existing app it would not be okay at all, what makes it okay if it's open source? KomoD|1 year ago Nope, does not bother me at all when someone rips off Atlassian software
TheMiddleMan|1 year ago Yeah it feels weird to me too.Similar/inspired-by software is fine but if a commercial project were to rip off everything down to the style and design of an existing app it would not be okay at all, what makes it okay if it's open source?
TheMiddleMan|1 year ago
Similar/inspired-by software is fine but if a commercial project were to rip off everything down to the style and design of an existing app it would not be okay at all, what makes it okay if it's open source?
KomoD|1 year ago