Scott Kane, moderator of the comp.software.shareware.authors newgroup, recently linked to an article about the issue of software cloning. The article appears to be from 2000 but the issues still exist today. The author states:
I am also amazed by the fact that the people who create software clones do not seem to realize that their actions undermine the very software that they are cloning.
Scott Kane, moderator of the comp.software.shareware.authors newgroup, recently linked to an article about the issue of software cloning. The article appears to be from 2000 but the issues still exist today. The author states:
I am also amazed by the fact that the people who create software clones do not seem to realize that their actions undermine the very software that they are cloning.
Of course, to reverse the issue, is it wrong to try to mimic functionality in a product? For example, if you don’t have Microsoft Office, how can you send out your resume to businesses that require a .doc format? OpenOffice.org or any number of editors can help in this regard, and they can work on platforms that Microsoft will not support. Is this an example of cloning? OOo Writer technically has a few interface differences from Word, but what if they were even more similar? Would that be cloning then?
At one point is cloning considered “a rip off of an original” and when is it considered appropriate?
As the author said, “cloning” is a bad term that doesn’t really describe what is happening very clearly. Cloning, reimplimentation, etc. When does someone have the ability to cry foul that someone has cloned their work, and when does someone have the ability to claim the right to actually “clone” someone’s work?
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March 28th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Of course, to reverse the issue, is it wrong to try to mimic functionality in a product? For example, if you don’t have Microsoft Office, how can you send out your resume to businesses that require a .doc format? OpenOffice.org or any number of editors can help in this regard, and they can work on platforms that Microsoft will not support. Is this an example of cloning? OOo Writer technically has a few interface differences from Word, but what if they were even more similar? Would that be cloning then?
At one point is cloning considered “a rip off of an original” and when is it considered appropriate?
As the author said, “cloning” is a bad term that doesn’t really describe what is happening very clearly. Cloning, reimplimentation, etc. When does someone have the ability to cry foul that someone has cloned their work, and when does someone have the ability to claim the right to actually “clone” someone’s work?
May 31st, 2005 at 11:58 am
texas holdem
texas holdem Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.