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Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind

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Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind

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Post by lstamour »

enigmango wrote: post #12

I found it interesting that three images were commented out of the article: http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... I can only guess why they weren't included, but it does seem like they're less blatant rip-offs than the others.

The "touch of" is pretty revealing though, in the copy for the "coder" sections of the first and third.

Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind

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Post by Kaligule »

usaphp wrote: post #21

I wonder why most of those who copied his website are Indians

Filterbubbles perhaps? I never saw a website like this before. But he says he was featured a couple of times, so maybe the website was famous on some communities, but seldom seen on others.

Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind

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Post by shangxiao »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #11
BhavdeepSethi wrote: post #6

Is there a way to fingerprint the code in such a way that it's quite difficult to detect/remove but easy to trace?

No. But you can just diff the code and see it's XX% the exact same code.

Sure you could, if the code is complex enough you would hide dead code acting as a signature, which would be somewhat analogous to mapmakers inserting false towns in their maps [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind

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Post by BhavdeepSethi »

shangxiao wrote: post #25
jrochkind1 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. But you can just diff the code and see it's XX% the exact same code.

Sure you could, if the code is complex enough you would hide dead code acting as a signature, which would be somewhat analogous to mapmakers inserting false towns in their maps [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

This is what I was looking for. It seems like a common copyright problem in bunch of applications.
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