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by Sir_Substance 3930 days ago
>the fact it is open-source is the defining characteristic of your software.

That's a terrible thing to aim for with your project, because anyone else can duplicate your defining attribute with the mere choice of a license. Why not aim to make the defining attribute that it's the best?

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You left out part of the sentence: “clone of some software”.

Freedom is a goal in itself, and “clone” defines how it’s the best: be directly usable to someone who knows the other software.