Stack Overflow attribution is equally unlikely. The same group that says Oracle's claim that Java's API is not original and unworthy of copyright protection, ca

Stack Overflow attribution is equally unlikely. The same group that says Oracle's claim that Java's API is not original and unworthy of copyright protection, cannot then turn around and claim 30 lines of code from SO is original and deserves recognition. I would bet most stack overflow answers don't qualify as copyrightable, at least in the US. Though I think automatically finding copied stuff would be very useful. Any time I copy something small I try to include a link to where I got it from, if someone has to troubleshoot my code it may help them to see where it came from.