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I think this is overly simplistic. People routinely write comments that bear a lot of similarity to other comments (there's only so many ways you can write word
by thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
I think this is overly simplistic. People routinely write comments that bear a lot of similarity to other comments (there's only so many ways you can write words in English) so there's some threshold for originality that's applied.
Looking at it from the other side, minor tweaks to otherwise interesting and novel comments shouldn't exempt you from scrutiny.
There might be a happy medium in there somewhere, but it's hard to know for sure.
- Shish2k 4y agoNow I wonder if copyright for source-code should have its own “satire” exception...
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoI've never seen someone independently recreate exact comments with a persons name in it, have you? Do you find that reasonable as an excuse for independent creation? Github cannot independently create code, we know this. Comparing Github to humans writing code is disingenuous at best.