[grandmczeb]

Copying the code is wrong, but if all they copy is the idea, where’s the ethical problem? That’s just the nature of competition.

[yebyen]

The guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, Robert Kearns, made tens of millions of dollars in court because Ford and Chrysler stole the idea from him.

And he was able to do this because (TIL)... he had patented the idea more than half a dozen ways!

[kgwxd]

In the interest of keeping my stubborn image, I also meant copying code. If no tangible thing is taken that leaves the other without that thing, I'd say it is unethical to not share it.