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In fact, it is cool, it is expected, it is flattering, and it is perfectly ethical. I'm guessing the StackOverflow team feels this way too. There is so much mo
by andrewljohnson 16y ago
In fact, it is cool, it is expected, it is flattering, and it is perfectly ethical. I'm guessing the StackOverflow team feels this way too.
There is so much more to software than what your CSS layout is, and we should all look to our fellow designers and programmers and steal the best ideas and use them ourselves. That's how software evolves.
From a legal standpoint, didn't we settle the whole look and feel issue way back when with Apple vs. MS?
- pavs 16y ago>In fact, is it cool, it is expected, it is flattering, and it is perfectly ethical. I'm guessing the StackOverflow team feels this way too. really? You think so? I am glad that there is an open source option, but I hate the fact that its all most 95% copy paste job of SO. There is a difference between design inspired from something and blatant copying something.
- dirtyaura 16y agoA lot of open source software has started by blatantly copying the design or concepts of a commercial product, but then they have later diverged from the original source of inspiration to have a few original ideas of their own. A couple of examples: OpenOffice, RhythmBox, Freeciv.
- snprbob86 16y agoI said distasteful, I never said unethical or illegal.