Is it acceptable to clone an open-source project locally and build on top of it without mentioning the original project or giving credit? I am curious about the ethical, legal, and community perspective here especially when the final product ends up being very different from the original codebase.
I am trying to make personal projects to apply to startups/ companies with. I recently came across https://github.com/openinterpreter/open-interpreter , which seems such a great idea and something you can build upon and add more features to. I was wondering if I can clone it, understand the existing architecture and continue building on top of it adding new features. I wonder if I can call it my personal project, is it fine if I don't mention the name of the project I have cloned? Or it's better to mention the project I have cloned and the features I have added on top of it?
Do people do this? Is it considered fair to do this? And most importantly is there any license/ legal issue that can come here? I am sorry if this is a naive question but I would really appreciate your opinion on this.