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We shouldn't design desktops to avoid copyright claims. Desktops should just create original designs that make sense for the goals of the desktop. We don't need to make changes based on Windows 11 or Mac OS. They aren't separate entirely and irrelevant.
Do you mean that any copying is bad or any copying is ok as long as it helps achieve the goals?
When you copy the outcome is almost always going to be worse than the original. Do your own thing and be the person or project you want to be. You don't need to care outside of the project.
This. But 99% of the internet will hate your project for absolutely anything they don't like in it and it will kill the project because distros won't want to use it.