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Ther was this game circulating that was obviouly copied code :evil: :evil: . I contacted the (cough) author of this code. He justifies his action with claims of (cough) work he did to the code :???: . After examining the code, i saw it was clearly copied from some OTHER code :evil: :evil: . He is just a noobie, so i wont soil his name, but I suggest you give me some opinions on what i should do and on what you think this falls under. Is it just a moron who couldn't come up with code on his own :evil: or just some series of crazy (cough) coincidences?
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Did he give credit to the author(s) of the code he used?
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There was once a kid who kept calling himself cell that tried to pass off Microsoft's Q-blocks as his own. he spammed waaay too much and ended up leaving in an ungraceful fashion. the best thing to do with plageurizers is ignore them.
now if he used some part of a program and gave credit for it, that's fine. i've done that. it saves time, and compliments the original author, like citing a passage in an essay.
i]"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum ... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"[/i] - Dirty Harry
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Normally programmers who steal code without referencing can't code in the first place... so I wouldn't worry. Don't cause a stink unless his stolen code is getting some recognition that belongs elsewhere.
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The problem is that, until other people realize that they stole it (which usually becomes clear pretty quickly), they create the illusion that they can.
ravelling Curmudgeon
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Quote:The problem is that, until other people realize that they stole it (which usually becomes clear pretty quickly), they create the illusion that they can.
I suppose if they stole ALL the code... I was picturing just stealing some of it...
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steal *all* of it, the part they tried to do for themselves will make their ineptness real clear pretty fast.
ravelling Curmudgeon
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Windows should be defenestrated.
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