Is it legal to use a WordPress plugin which clones Stack Overflow?

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  •  27-05-2021
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Question

I wanted to make a website where users/visitors and come and ask question and get answers. Very similar to what we have here on Stack Overflow, but I want that for a local regional problems/queries.

I am planning to use Wordpress for this. I came across a plugin whose demo you can see at:

http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/qa-wordpress-questions-and-answers-plugin

Now I really liked the plugin, before I use it I wanted to know if this is legal?

I have seen the "site design / logo © 2012 stack exchange inc" in the footer of stack overflow site which made me rethink about this.

I mean I won't have any copyright problems right?

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Solution

If the CSS, javascript & other aspects of the plugin are their own (not copied from Stack Overflow), I think it is legal. There are many clones of Stack Overflow out there

It is possible that it's copied, because I see that tags are exactly copied.

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