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Is copying other app's UI okay?
It's ok, and it's good!
Why? because it creates consistency and builds and reinforces UI patterns for users.
Imagine if every other UI of each app was very different. Users would need to re-...
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Is copying other app's UI okay?
Even if it is a messenger implementation which is already in place from WhatsApp, Facebook to even LinkedIn, each of those bring about certain aspect which is unique in their implementation. The ...
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Semantic Elements and Text Formatting in HTML5
HTML5 consists of structural and presentational elements. Structural elements give meaning to the contents (using semantics) but can also be used as containers for css and javascript (div, span). Pure ...
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Semantic Elements and Text Formatting in HTML5
Quite simply, because those elements are considered to be of secondary importance. The user is presumed to be interested in the content first and foremost, not the caveats.
The same logic in ...
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Is copying other app's UI okay?
Simple & straight forward answer is NO.
Having said NO I would also say - "Only if you are not using any patented design"
There’s a huge difference between taking inspiration & copying. ...
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Can I use Udemy logo in my own application (Udemy Downloader)
OK if you read the Terms of Use for Udemy, you'll find in the Trademark Section this quote:
The trademarks, service marks, and logos (the "Trademarks") used and displayed through Our Services or in ...
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Are the System Usability Scale (SUS) questions copyrighted?
The paper "SUS - A quick and dirty usability scale" has a copyright notice in it: "© Digital Equipment Corporation, 1986." This copyright notice is shown on exactly those pages where the SUS scale ...
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Is re-creating an art from someone else's art copyright violation and can be sued?
I'm not so sure that the violation issue is as clear cut as the other answers. If you take an image, use a part of that image as, effectively, a template for your own icon image creation, which you ...
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Semantic Elements and Text Formatting in HTML5
Because the standard gave the element semantics that would retroactively justify this presentation.
Here’s a sad truth: <small> is not actually a semantic element, not really. It merely pretends ...
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getting permission or paying fee to use the System Usability Scale (SUS)
It's free and you don't need any permissions, just mention the methodology used in any published work. It's a bit outdated and unreliable, though. Even the page in usability.gov states that everything ...
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Is re-creating an art from someone else's art copyright violation and can be sued?
“So, instead, I copy the flame image from the link”
You said it right there: copy. I'm not a lawyer, but I think we can all agree that your actions are unethical. Isn't that why you're ...
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Is re-creating an art from someone else's art copyright violation and can be sued?
Unless the image has a license that allows re-use and modification such as
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0), then yes, it's a copyright violation and yo can be sued.
It will be way ...
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Is copying other app's UI okay?
Yes (mostly).
Do you think that the UI in Facebook messenger is entirely novel? I am confident that almost every element on there was borrowed from ICQ, MSN Messenger, Skype, or one of the countless ...
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Is copying other app's UI okay?
Copyright (in this case, it'd specifically be about Trade Dress) is a legal concept and not easily answered definitively outside a courtroom.
In general, however, as stated previously, copying the ...
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Is copying other app's UI okay?
It's also worth noting that if your game is obviously parodying the messenger app it may well fall under fair use... If the central conceit of the game is that you are using messenger to interact with ...
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