Is it legal to copy a TechMedia (Toaster) design?

Question

User interface

So it goes.
I was looking for information on SVG, I came across this miracle
. I think - is it really a new project from TM?
It turned out not.
But the design is a complete copy, except for the flowers.
Slightly more than all publications from one user.
Online shows 1 person (apparently I am, although on the first page of Google on request добавить тень к svg).
Is this design legal?

Answer 1

1. There is not a complete copy, but ... let's just say ... the idea is licked)) I think it's legal.
2. This was done by some schoolboy for training, he shares his knowledge, a project for people, useful, well, leave him alone, gain experience will make his own unique.

Answer 2

Someone literally took the sentence "Create a clone of a toaster", which is a popular recommendation for beginners :grimacing:

Answer 3

Gee. In my opinion, to suspect TM that they will not be able to draw a completely new design for a new project, but at the same time remain within their corporate identity, is strange. TM has quite qualified specialists and demanding bosses.
And these guys are strange, for some reason they think that if you copy 1 to 1, then everything will work out for them.
Have fun even
vserusskie.ru
They pulled off Contact, they think that they will trample. And for 7 years now, nothing has been rushing.
It's all illegal, because it's straight 1 to 1.
But the owners of the rights to the original design will not even waste their time suing, because:
1. These guys are not competitors. And they never will.
2. There is nothing to take from them.
For example, the Russian-language overflow clone project was more original (they have now merged into overflow). Although they stole the idea, they made their own.
About the same as Toaster, he stole the idea from overflow, but did it his own way.

Answer 4

legal
illegal tm use

Answer 5

Has anyone posted in TM? I think it's better for them to deal with this, and the community can only help help.

Answer 6

Better ask a lawyer

Answer 7

Illegal.
But no one is interested in pecking that site with lawsuits.