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Can this be setup without GitLab? Also this looks a LOT like Slack. Any infringements?

sytse 11y ago
You can set it up without GitLab via http://www.mattermost.org/download/ http://www.mattermost.org/download/ Only the docker install is pretty easy to do, doing it from source is pretty tedious, one of the reasons we will bundle it with GitLab. It seems inspired by Slack but we think it is different enough and it will grow more different over time.
- ztratar 11y ago
  "different enough and it will grow more different over time" Can you elaborate more? Don't mean any disrespect, but this seems like a complete copy-paste of their interface.
  - sytse 11y ago
    I agree they do look similar. Obviously none of the code was copy pasted and I hope the products will diverge further over time. GitLab started out with a pretty similar look but by now it found its own look.
- bau5 11y ago
  Obvious UI clone is obvious.
it33 11y ago
You can install a preview of Mattermost on a Mac in about 5 minutes with Boot2Docker in a single container instance, instructions here (email not enabled in Docker instance): https://github.com/mattermost/platform/tree/v0.6.0#mac-osx https://github.com/mattermost/platform/tree/v0.6.0#mac-osx In terms of messaging functionality, there's nothing ground-breaking about the UI, our focus is on avoiding what happened to SpinPunch when we were previously locked in to a proprietary SaaS messaging service: http://www.mattermost.org/why-we-made-mattermost-an-open-source-slack-alternative/ http://www.mattermost.org/why-we-made-mattermost-an-open-sou... That said, Mattermost was originally designed to be a games portal (not just a messaging app), and you'll probably see the UI bring that functionality back in the "AppCenter" feature being developed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6vrticxgz9PsxePQ-dFrsKpwImAjn7KdL4uaioEEns/edit#heading=h.fgyoa0xbt3gx https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6vrticxgz9PsxePQ-dFrsKp...
_wmd 11y ago
Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Micros.... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Development_Corp._v._Borland_International,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Development_Corp._v._Bor.... In summary, this probably isn't infringing unless they lifted the actual HTML from Slack or similar

sytse 11y ago

You can set it up without GitLab via http://www.mattermost.org/download/ http://www.mattermost.org/download/ Only the docker install is pretty easy to do, doing it from source is pretty tedious, one of the reasons we will bundle it with GitLab. It seems inspired by Slack but we think it is different enough and it will grow more different over time.

ztratar 11y ago
"different enough and it will grow more different over time" Can you elaborate more? Don't mean any disrespect, but this seems like a complete copy-paste of their interface.
- sytse 11y ago
  I agree they do look similar. Obviously none of the code was copy pasted and I hope the products will diverge further over time. GitLab started out with a pretty similar look but by now it found its own look.
bau5 11y ago
Obvious UI clone is obvious.

it33 11y ago

You can install a preview of Mattermost on a Mac in about 5 minutes with Boot2Docker in a single container instance, instructions here (email not enabled in Docker instance): https://github.com/mattermost/platform/tree/v0.6.0#mac-osx https://github.com/mattermost/platform/tree/v0.6.0#mac-osx In terms of messaging functionality, there's nothing ground-breaking about the UI, our focus is on avoiding what happened to SpinPunch when we were previously locked in to a proprietary SaaS messaging service: http://www.mattermost.org/why-we-made-mattermost-an-open-source-slack-alternative/ http://www.mattermost.org/why-we-made-mattermost-an-open-sou... That said, Mattermost was originally designed to be a games portal (not just a messaging app), and you'll probably see the UI bring that functionality back in the "AppCenter" feature being developed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6vrticxgz9PsxePQ-dFrsKpwImAjn7KdL4uaioEEns/edit#heading=h.fgyoa0xbt3gx https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6vrticxgz9PsxePQ-dFrsKp...

_wmd 11y ago

Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Micros.... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Development_Corp._v._Borland_International,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Development_Corp._v._Bor.... In summary, this probably isn't infringing unless they lifted the actual HTML from Slack or similar