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Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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Post by ericskiff »

While I love the idea of an open source tool that explores the same problems that Trello does and potentially even solves it in a very similar way, I have to admit that the exact look and feel being copied here seems like a blatant rip off. Am I off base? Can anyone speak to the copyright aspect of copying a solution and design so fully?

Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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ericskiff wrote: post #2

While I love the idea of an open source tool that explores the same problems that Trello does and potentially even solves it in a very similar way, I have to admit that the exact look and feel being copied here seems like a blatant rip off. Am I off base? Can anyone speak to the copyright aspect of copying a solution and design so fully?

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Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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Post by silverlight »

ericskiff wrote: post #2

While I love the idea of an open source tool that explores the same problems that Trello does and potentially even solves it in a very similar way, I have to admit that the exact look and feel being copied here seems like a blatant rip off. Am I off base? Can anyone speak to the copyright aspect of copying a solution and design so fully?

It's one thing to have two ways of doing kanban boards, but there is definitely very much a "look and feel" copying going on here that I'm not sure is legal.

Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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Post by r3bl »

ericskiff wrote: post #2

While I love the idea of an open source tool that explores the same problems that Trello does and potentially even solves it in a very similar way, I have to admit that the exact look and feel being copied here seems like a blatant rip off. Am I off base? Can anyone speak to the copyright aspect of copying a solution and design so fully?

There is a discussion started in a GitHub issue about this.

I must suggest you a comment by the project's co-owner:

https://github.com/libreboard/libreboard/issues/92#issuecomm...

He went a little too far in his argument, but he does make a good point.

EDIT:

They've received a DMCA takedown notice from GitHub:

https://github.com/libreboard/libreboard/issues/92#issuecomm...

Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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Post by thirdtruck »

codereflection wrote: post #3

Trello is free, so is this meant to complete with Trello Gold?

It doesn't have to compete on just price. Trello is free (and I use it constantly), but using it still means having all of your data on remote servers. I can't use it at my job, for example, due to legitimate security concerns, but we could (in theory) use this new software instead.

Re: Show HN: LibreBoard – An open-source clone of Trello

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Post by danlec »

ericskiff wrote: post #2

While I love the idea of an open source tool that explores the same problems that Trello does and potentially even solves it in a very similar way, I have to admit that the exact look and feel being copied here seems like a blatant rip off. Am I off base? Can anyone speak to the copyright aspect of copying a solution and design so fully?

See https://github.com/libreboard/libreboard/commit/348081d9eca4..., where they check a beautified version of Trello's CSS file into their MIT licensed project.
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