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by cowsup 944 days ago
> Is copying parts of README enough to call for attribution to the original project?

> Is copying error message enough to call for attribution of the original project?

> Where is the line?

If you and them just had the same idea, and both created the same project, without knowing of the other one's wor, then it'd be no-harm-no-foul. If you saw what they were doing, and thought you could do it better, and did your own thing, that'd also be fine; being inspired by someone else doesn't make you a copy.

But copying actual chunks of their work, like the phrasing in the README or in error messages, would count as outright copying them, and thus, credit would be nice.

There's no concrete line in the sand, but I think it's clear you took more than just their general idea, here.

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Thanks for the response. I paused for a day responding to everyone to think through all the feedback I've received, and shared an update https://github.com/lucgagan/auto-playwright/issues/15