Re^4: What I am paid for

"Copy/paste isn't thinking, it is copy/paste."

Yes, exactly, and since it takes about 2 seconds, it is worth about 2 seconds of pay. This leaves a lot of developer time for doing something new, and a lot of customer money to pay him for doing it.

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Re^5: What I am paid for by Anonymous Monk on Mar 08, 2010 at 22:11 UTC
Yes, exactly, and since it takes about 2 seconds, it is worth about 2 seconds of pay. This leaves a lot of developer time for doing something new, and a lot of customer money to pay him for doing it. No. You cannot copy/paste someone elses code, just because you think the same way of solving the problem. Copy/paste is infringement.	[reply]