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by hatsix
969 days ago
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The commenter is confused, they mean infringing, not theft. Theft is theft, no reason to get IP law involved. Infringement can happen without intent. I don't know who would be liable, the open source company with little revenue, or the customers who are just using the software. |
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Say big Hooli company builds product/platform “A” and charges arm and foot for usage. Having tried the platform I personally find it ridiculous anybody is paying for this because I successfully (lone developer) hack together a trimmed down working clone of the core system *in under a week*. Furthermore, core aspects of Product/Platform “A” are open-source technology, in non trivial ways (like I’m not saying “oh they use YML for config files”, I’m saying “core engine component they’re using is explicitly open source”).
If I decide to open source my clone, am I asking for trouble?
This is all hypothetical, I’m not soliciting actual legal advice.