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Cookie: I agree in theory but there is a glaring omission everyone standing up for TB's code is making - the fact that he has reverse engineered MSN. Did he ask MSN's coders for tips first? You can say "oh, but MSN is a team of coders with corporate money blah blah" but each individual coder is not an arsehole or so; they're just doing their jobs! Plus, MSN is free. It's not like they're charging for it. So, you know, MSN is distributed AS IS - don't like that then go code your whole own IM client and network. The sword cuts both ways, eh. I imagine that if this thread had been about TazDevil needing tips reverse engineering MSN then half a dozen developers would've jumped at helping him instead of TB's rather rude, flat-out "No."

"Now seriously, if you decide to just steal, rip, and fuck with things that people shared,
How can you expect people to continue sharing?"

Because TazDevil might have some serious enhancements to make? Because open source software is the future of developing? How many open source apps do you use TB? How many apps have you reverse engineered to get their code and stolen it? Yeah, you're hardly a moral angel AND TazDevil did ask nicely in the first place. I am sure that TazDevil woud have given full due to TB in his improved plugin, so he's hardly stealing it and claiming it as his own. Even with a hangover TB should've put a reason rather than just a one word epithet. Fuck that, arrogance of that level is just so unjustified.
By being given a fish a day people will themselves observe and learn to be sustainable in time.

TB: I don't need a lesson on history and etymology from you thanks, I know full well the intended meaning of the phrase; but as a hypothetical it is a fitting analogy.