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		jrochkind1 on Feb 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don... No. But you can just diff the code and see it's XX% the exact same code.

shangxiao on Feb 3, 2015 [–]

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

BhavdeepSethi on Feb 3, 2015 | [–]

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

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