Omniflow.io becomes Dynalist.io

Posted by Andy Brice
May 10, 2016 at 08:50 AM

Daly de Gagne wrote:

>If imitation is a high form of praise, then Dynalist is praising
>Workflowy indeed. However, is there not an issue with another developer
>so blatantly copying a competitor? I have a funny feeling about that.

The source code of a product is protected by copyright and the name/logo/brand is protected by trademark. However the general functionality and appearance isn’t protected (unless they have a patent on it, which is thankfully rare). So it generally isn’t illegal to copy the functionality and appearance of software. IMHO is good thing that software developers build on the good ideas of others, as long as it doesn’t cross the line into blatant plagiarism. Anyway I am struggling to think of any copycat product that has been commercially successful.