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The issue of calling IP property. I mean it's not like someone's breaking into GutHub's server room and stealing equipment. You want to say it's a breech of c
by funjjhcc 10y ago
The issue of calling IP property.
I mean it's not like someone's breaking into GutHub's server room and stealing equipment.
You want to say it's a breech of copyright, patent or trademark? Maybe.
But then FreeBSD "stole" Unix, Windows stole Mac, Mac stole Xerox, Microsoft stole WordPerfect, and so on.
- madeofpalk 10y agoIsn't that semantics? I'm obviously quite aware there wasn't any physical theft. My point was around the developers being seemingly okay with ripping off Github's UI.
- Mithaldu 10y agoThe thing you're missing is that in this case UI is not something you can usefully make different without harming yourself in the process, due to it being a huge contributor to function beyond form, and "ripping it off" doesn't hurt anyone else as long as you don't actually impersonate them by copying their logos.
- madeofpalk 10y agoStash, Bitbucket and Gitlab all tend to disagree that theres only one way to build a UI for git websites. I agree that no one is being harmed, but personally I just thing it's shameful.
- Mithaldu 10y agoStash and Bitbucket are horrible to use imo, and last time i looked Gitlab looked almost the same as Github.
- benley 10y agoGitlab's UI has evolved considerably in the last couple of years. If it looked just like Github when you last saw it, I would suggest checking it out again because it's quite different compared to the gitlab of 2013ish. also I agree with you that stash and bitbucket are Really Not That Great.
- Mithaldu 10y agoCheers, gonna give it a look again. I retain the memories of it because the only instance of it i ever used hasn't been updated in years.