Mozilla copying chrome, and gnome copying osx: the two things that convinced me that software patents may not even be a bad thing. enough with being a copycat

Mozilla copying chrome, and gnome copying osx: the two things that convinced me that software patents may not even be a bad thing. enough with being a copycat of every dumb decision just because the author have market share. and of course I joke on the software patents thing. but we need something that can stop this sabotage of popular projects from within. I may have had time to contribute in the past but nobody can policy or fork every project.