I see what you're saying. But Android doesn't copy Apple nearly as thoroughly as other examples of copying.
Android has different hardware, a different OS, a different programming language for development, etc.
At the most precise level, copying music creates and absolutely perfect copy. There is literally no difference between the original file and the new one.
Would it be fair for someone to make an exact copy of an iPhone, running an exact copy of iOS and then distribute it?
I think the precision of the copy has a great deal to do with whether it's OK or not, which I think is what Dustin was getting at when he said it's OK to steal his ideas but not his implementation.
Maybe he doesn't get to draw the line wherever he likes, but it seems there ought to be a line somewhere.
Android has different hardware, a different OS, a different programming language for development, etc.
At the most precise level, copying music creates and absolutely perfect copy. There is literally no difference between the original file and the new one.
Would it be fair for someone to make an exact copy of an iPhone, running an exact copy of iOS and then distribute it?
I think the precision of the copy has a great deal to do with whether it's OK or not, which I think is what Dustin was getting at when he said it's OK to steal his ideas but not his implementation.
Maybe he doesn't get to draw the line wherever he likes, but it seems there ought to be a line somewhere.