I don't think anyone has a final answer, but really _how close_ do designs have to be so as to lack integrity? (assuming that they hadn't straight up lifted the

I don't think anyone has a final answer, but really _how close_ do designs have to be so as to lack integrity? (assuming that they hadn't straight up lifted the CSS, images, button etc... which they did, which is clearly wrong.) Ex: DHH says http://elance.com http://elance.com is inspiration, not theft. Ok. Ex 2: A more difficult edge is http://coursekit.com http://coursekit.com I instantly recalled their design after seeing this scandal, although I'd initially taken note of it for its effectiveness. Their similarity to basecamp is on the front page only, and no assets stolen. (full disclosure: competitor, vaguely, for a hackathon-started education product I'm working on.) Like, we can think up a MILLION edge cases. That's not the point. I'm really, really curious to hear what you guys think the difference IS. and please, please, PLEASE don't respond to this with vitriol on other side. if you think there are problems happening here in the way we treat design, and how ppl react, just DON'T add to it in that way. EDIT: edited to match repost, because of downvote(?) here