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I want to be clear: I don't care, and I doubt Facebook cares. But legally, I think this code was stolen. Facebook owns the copyright to the source code, so cop
by ChristianBundy 7y ago
I want to be clear: I don't care, and I doubt Facebook cares.
But legally, I think this code was stolen. Facebook owns the copyright to the source code, so copying and distributing is theft in the same way that copying and distributing database contents is theft.
But again:
- jaywalk 7y agoYour definition of theft is wrong. Legally, this was not stolen.
- shawnz 7y agoAre you a lawyer?
- webkike 7y agoare you?
- ampersandy 7y agoDoes it matter? How is a random person on the internet sufficiently qualified to define theft in a complex domain like digital copyright and intellectual property? You don't have to be a lawyer to be skeptical of what someone says online.
- webkike 7y agoMy point is if they replied “yes” where would you be? It’s not inappropriate to be skeptical but asking a person for credentials online is next to useless.
- nineteen999 7y agoEven if they were a lawyer, lawyers are frequently wrong in their interpretation of law, which is why they argue the relevant points in court, and a judge gets to decide which of them is right.
- disconnected 7y agoYou don't have to be a lawyer to understand that subtraction and multiplication are two completely different operations.
- shawnz 7y agoAre you sure? https://legalbeagle.com/8608294-difference-between-larceny-theft.html https://legalbeagle.com/8608294-difference-between-larceny-t... > In many states, "theft" is an umbrella term that includes all different kinds of criminal taking. This is the case in New York. Under the New York Codes, theft can be any type of taking, like identity theft, theft of intellectual property, theft of services and theft of personal property
- LeifCarrotson 7y agoIf you're a mathematician and not a lawyer you might think those are different operations. But lawyers, judges, and juries have a unique capacity to argue that you're guilty of subtraction even if you only multiplied. To a lawyer, bits have color: https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23.
- naniwaduni 7y agoYou can totally find a mathematician to convince you that those are the same operation! Probably easier than the lawyer, even.
- krsdcbl 7y agoCopyright infringement and theft are two completely different things, legally. I know specially the film and music industry put a lot of effort to equalise those terms in the media, yet they remain two separate things.
- nicky0 7y agoCopyright infringement =/= Theft.