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Agreed. Apple lost the lawsuit against Microsoft many decades ago when they tried to stop MS from using GUI elements that were similar to Apple's. You can't c
by Sunspark 3y ago
Agreed.
Apple lost the lawsuit against Microsoft many decades ago when they tried to stop MS from using GUI elements that were similar to Apple's.
You can't copy someone's code, but nobody can stop you from having scrollbars or avatar thumbnails or whatever in your own app.
- kalleboo 3y agoApple only lost the lawsuit against Microsoft because they literally licensed 90% of the GUI design to them. And then in the followup lawsuit, Steve Jobs settled in order to get Microsoft to promise to keep supporting Office on Mac to keep the Mac from dying.