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Open-source archaeology (feddit.org)

submitted 6 days ago by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

By stealing the stack overflow answer right?

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

RIP stack overflow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmRk9Undc6U

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

[Locked: duplicate issue]

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Considering the post title I assume just copying code from open source projects (I hope with proper attribution and while following the license of the project, especially for copyleft code).

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 6 days ago

Is it stealing if that's why it's there?

Especially if you put a link in a comment for attribution.