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What makes this a clone?

• cyphar 9y ago
  To be technical, a port is where you take the original codebase and modify it so that it can run on a different platform. Usually it doesn't involve a complete rewrite. A clone is where you start from scratch and try to emulate the behaviour.
• bangonkeyboard 9y ago
  OpenSnitch is an unsanctioned recreation by an unrelated party of Little Snitch's functionality, appearance, and name. How is it not a clone?
  • sasas 9y ago
    It's not a clone. LittleSnitch is more functionally rich. The name is misleading. You can take pcap traces on applications, plot bandwidth usage and more. Little snitch is closer to GlassWire for Windows [1] then OpenSnitch. [1] https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/ Let's not start calling every application firewall a clone.
    • bangonkeyboard 9y ago
      > The name is misleading. I think the name is very clear for the purpose of discerning the creator's intentions. > Let's not start calling every application firewall a clone. We're not. We're calling this specific project, which explicitly describes itself in its header as "a GNU/Linux port [sic] of the Little Snitch application firewall" a clone, because that is its stated aspiration. That it hasn't yet copied all of Little Snitch's features after 17 days of existence doesn't countervail that.
      • sasas 9y ago
        > a clone, because that is its stated aspiration. Thanks for the clarification. In that context then calling it a clone makes perfect sense. All the best to the project. LittleSnitch is great and to have a full clone on Linux would be fantastic!
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  • johnhenry 9y ago
    Sorry, after reading my comment, I realize my mistake -- I am looking for the literal definition of a "clone".