He summed up the best arguments against himself with this: "I did stuff like that in college, too," or "he was only twenty-something years old; give him a brea

He summed up the best arguments against himself with this: "I did stuff like that in college, too," or "he was only twenty-something years old; give him a break," or "most college students are immature," Those sound perfectly reasonable. Also, copying good features you see on other sites is business as usual in the valley and responsible for a whole lot of progress in software. Reverse engineering is fine as long as you aren't stealing code. Most innovation is just copying the best pieces you see in a variety of products all around you and putting them together in a new package.