ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs cloning much of the funcionailty of an application legal?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIs cloning much of the funcionailty of an application legal?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAs long as you aren’t coping the source code directly it’s generally ok. Having an OSS version of existing closed source software is a thing. Examples are Gimp and Photoshop, Libre/Open office and Microsoft Office.
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoAOSP and Android, or LimeageOS and Android, or - okay there are a dozen different non-Google OSs
As long as you aren’t coping the source code directly it’s generally ok.
Having an OSS version of existing closed source software is a thing.
Examples are Gimp and Photoshop, Libre/Open office and Microsoft Office.
AOSP and Android, or LimeageOS and Android, or - okay there are a dozen different non-Google OSs
Isnt aosp literally android?