As the developer of "The Schwartz Unsheathed," I originally saw the light saber app on the iPhone/iPod and decided that the G1 need a similar app. I'm sure it could have used a bit more polishing, and I gave it 110% while developing it. I wasn't going to release it to market, at fiirst, but I decided to share it with other Android users, and it was very well received. I tried to add a few different features, but overall it was a cheap knockoff. Maybe I lacked originallity in creating this app, but to this day, the authors of the iPhone app never jumped on the Android band wagon and ported their app, so I may have filled a little void there.
Honestly there should not be any need to police this sort of thing, unless someones IP is being used and there is a patent issue involved, otherwise it's fair game and part of the competitive world we live in. On Oct 20, 8:53 am, "SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
