Personally, I would not support policing, per se. It seems very likely that very similar applications could be created merely by chance, by fulfilling the same need. Likewise, even when someone does reproduce something they saw on a different platform, I wouldn't a priori call it a "rip off," because it's common (and expected, and good) that people duplicate the goodness they've seen on other platforms (consider Apple and the PC market, for e.g.).
However, there is still legal protection for anybody wishing to claim a genuine "knock-off" has been made. However, I think this would be most useful in cases where the application has something absolutely unique to it. Scott On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:34 AM, droidin.net <[email protected]> wrote: > > With 60000+ apps in iTunes store how ethical is it to "look for the > inspiration" among these applications? As former casual user of iPhone > I see a lot of familiar apps/games popping up on Android Market, some > of them from the same shop but a lot of them are nothing more than a > cheap knock-offs (or rarely - quality knock-offs) Would Android > reputation suffer because of such practice? Should it be policed and > who would police it? What's your thoughts on this? > > > -- Warm regards, The PhoneMyPC Team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
