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A 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 origin
by dirtyaura 16y ago
A 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.