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Here's the code: https://github.com/mattermost/platform https://github.com/mattermost/platform From the look of the screenshots ( http://www.mattermost.org/70-
by timdorr 11y ago
Here's the code: https://github.com/mattermost/platform https://github.com/mattermost/platform
From the look of the screenshots ( http://www.mattermost.org/70-2/ http://www.mattermost.org/70-2/ ), I'd say there are some copyright concerns with the styles. This isn't a Slack alternative, it's a Slack clone. That's very problematic from a copyright stance. Why not create your own design style?
Gogs had (has?) this same issue: https://github.com/gogits/gogs/issues/1069 https://github.com/gogits/gogs/issues/1069
- chii 11y ago> That's very problematic from a copyright stance why? they didn't copy slack (i assume) - it just looks similar. Slack doesn't (and shouldn't be allowed) own a look and feel, as long as the implementation of it is cleanroom.
- nieve 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress#United_States I have no idea if Slack could actually win a case, but in the US (where both companies appear to be headquartered) they do have some rights to look and feel as part of trademark law.
- chii 11y agoInteresting. There's potential for that as a basis for a civil suit, but i really doubt that the open source alternative could really be argued as trying to misrepresent or cause confusion as to the origin of the product. It'd be a hard case.
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- joesmo 11y agoI think you misunderstand copyright. You can't copyright a style, only a specific implementation thereof. Unless you're accusing Mattermost of copying code directly from Slack (which you wouldn't be able to tell from a picture), there is no copyright violation.
- TheHydroImpulse 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress#United_States