Good story. I like when someone takes action because it prevents these kinds of persons from doing it again and again... at least for some time. I don't care if it's a simple article which could be written by any beginner in particular field or professionally written one. Taking someone else's and presenting as your own and not getting punished is a way for lazy people to get credit and use it later on leaving real workers in same position and maybe even marked as liars while the real thief enjoys results of the hard work. I don't consider IT only for this but real life.
As for distributing stuff like in giving away a copy of something to a friend for free I have a little less strict view but I respect the current situation and law about it. I like to share but I really do care about mentioning the author and giving credits. And if the author has a pretty restrictive license I'd rather not buy that particular item than to violate the "deal" that comes with buying it.
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Good story. I like when someone takes action because it prevents these kinds of persons from doing it again and again... at least for some time. I don't care if it's a simple article which could be written by any beginner in particular field or professionally written one. Taking someone else's and presenting as your own and not getting punished is a way for lazy people to get credit and use it later on leaving real workers in same position and maybe even marked as liars while the real thief enjoys results of the hard work. I don't consider IT only for this but real life.
As for distributing stuff like in giving away a copy of something to a friend for free I have a little less strict view but I respect the current situation and law about it. I like to share but I really do care about mentioning the author and giving credits. And if the author has a pretty restrictive license I'd rather not buy that particular item than to violate the "deal" that comes with buying it.