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Many thanks to Sean Cheng (@remaerd on Twitter) for his wise words.
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/uranusjr/macdown.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/uranusjr/macdown)

MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by [Chen Luo](https://twitter.com/chenluois)’s [Mou](http://mouapp.com).
MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License. The author stole the idea from [Chen Luo](https://twitter.com/chenluois)’s [Mou](http://mouapp.com) so that people can [make crappy clones](https://twitter.com/remaerd/status/484914820408279040).

Visit the [project site](http://macdown.uranusjr.com/) for more information, or download [MacDown.app.zip](http://macdown.uranusjr.com/download/latest/) directly from the [latest releases](https://github.com/uranusjr/macdown/releases/latest) page.

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早上收听 iOSBytes 了解到这个项目时，立刻联想到了 Threes。1024 抄袭 Threes，然后 2048 抄袭并开源 1024。最后 2048 的作者抵挡不住利益的诱惑，在 App Store 发布了自己的项目。MacDown 正在重复着这一切。

作为一个独立开发者，花上一两年时间去雕磨一个作品。没有正式工作，没有来源收入，将自己全部的精力放在一个作品上。说白了就是我们这些可怜鬼，没有情商，需要通过作品去表达自己的想法。如果连那么一些想法都要被他们复制，修改，加以利用，这真的是一件很残酷的世界。

作为局外人，希望 MacDown 的作者通过另外一种方式进行作品创作，用作品实现自己的想法。谢谢。

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Copyright Act doesn't protect ideas but instead their forms of existence. Though unsatisfying, that's what one will face when a developer writes his or her own software. You aren't able to ban anyone from making another Markdown editor.

Fortunate enough it's an open source project this time, free for anyone to contribute. Private companies could've totally get away with this -- Apple just had a punch on Alfred's face in OS X 10.10 -- so why blame on MacDown? With proper attribution, Mou could have co-exist with this MIT licensed project.

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Is Linux a crappy clone of Unix?
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4091/is-linux-a-unix

Copyright Act doesn't protect ideas

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