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kahole / edamagit

Magit for VSCode
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kahole.magit
MIT License
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Shouldn't this be GPL-licensed? #288

Open 1-DimensionalBox opened 9 months ago

1-DimensionalBox commented 9 months ago

Hi!

If the design of this software is clearly and significantly based on the design of magit, and magit is GPL-licensed, shouldn't that mean that edamagit should be GPL-licensed too?

lionel- commented 7 months ago

The design is inspired but not the code. UI design can't be copyrighted and so doesn't fall under copyleft either. Copyright lasts an extremely long time, much longer than patents, so I'm thankful that one can't copyright design in this way.