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Wondering how copyright infringement applies to Open Source Software. This OS looks a lot like MacOS, making it a free a clone.
by ossworkerrights 7y ago
Wondering how copyright infringement applies to Open Source Software. This OS looks a lot like MacOS, making it a free a clone.
- michaelmrose 7y agoCopyright attaches to the literal code, text, or art. Making something that looks vaguely similar cannot infringe on the owners copyright. Trademark covers the idea of knock offs but honestly similarities are skin deep and would be trying to protect vague similarities where there exists no confusion. Even if it were possible to make a case Apple owes more to open source than vice versa and it would be terrible publicity