> would it be unethical for someone to clone (non-unique) features from paid apps and then release the software for free? Not at all. I haven't been an apple u

> would it be unethical for someone to clone (non-unique) features from paid apps and then release the software for free? Not at all. I haven't been an apple user in a long time, but from what I recall, a lot of the paid mac apps were just rip offs of open source projects anyway. The focus on payments and purchases really turned me off of the major commercial operating systems, and I don't think I could ever bring myself to go back to them.