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Serena Yvonne changed this code
https://code.sololearn.com/cpV45YwWQGXa/?ref=app
replacing a part by adding a copied from my code. I do not know what the end will do this post if it has dozens of downvotes or something else. Maybe I was wrong to post my code then removed but it is actually that probably someone will notice this thing and will change the idea on that COTD. Sorry for bad english

My code:
https://code.sololearn.com/cAqFMnrLXHr6/?ref=app

Answer 1

Oh look at the variables the i is very useful😉

Answer 2

@rei Ahhah well i was very very stupid to post that in the comments. Now you can report this for personal attack. enjoy your authority.

Answer 3

I think she probably forgot to give you credit, or maybe she wrote the exact same code as you and that was a coincidence. But if no-one can see the modification date then how do you know that she copied from you. And anyways, looking at someone else's code and using it(borrowing it) is what coders do all the time.

Answer 4

@rei Idk maybe justice. what do you think?

Answer 5

@rei To make it clear to those who appreciated Serena's COTD that she used my code cowardly. Anyway I know someone has noticed it. To tell the truth I do not care anymore about it because I'm not going to have the dirty conscience like the dishonest

Answer 6

@rei yes but you did not center the point. I had put a comment where there was the link of my code, so she copied what she was interested in, deleted that comment and pasted the algorithm of my program in her, which was the COTD and had already received more than 400 upvotes. How do you call it this?

Answer 7

Serenas code was posted awhile ago, yours was yesterday. This proves nothing, sorry.

Answer 8

Aaaaaand this is when I have to put a mark on the thread. Consider:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
//codes
}
}

'Now that I have written it here, whoever uses nested for loops to iterate for whatever purposes are stealing my code!'

As you can see, this just isn't a justified case. Algorithms are widely adopted by people all around the world. There is no dishonest or cowardice involved in this matter.

Answering this question from a legal standpoint: "Abstract ideas" such as mathematical equations and algorithms cannot be patented. You can patent the software which uses a certain algorithm, but not the algorithm itself.

Serena may have took to use (or even a direct reference) of a similar algorithm to yours (or even of your own work), but this can hardly be considered code-stealing. Not only the segment of code was altered, it was even ported from C++ to Java. Kindly stop making yourself look like a victim here, and if you can't, I have means to give you a hand.

Flagging thread for removal over Content Creation Guidelines (1.2 - Personal attack/disparagement of other users or their content)

Answer 9

What do you plan to achieve with this thread.

Just askin'.

Answer 10

Well I have to agree with @Hatsy here, since I recently read something that you would find interesting.
Sometimes our brain cannot create things (algorithms, solutions, designs, etc) by itself. In that situation when we look at someone else's creation, it inspires us to create something.
Maybe the same thing happened. And you know what I'm doing a course on Front-end, and as a part of it, I had to solve a problem. I was working on it for about more than 2 days, and still couldn't find a solution. So at the end of the day, I directly looked up the entire problem on Google rather than searching how to do individual stuff related to the problem.
I found the solution on a blog post and copied it as it is, and passed the problem. I don't think the author of the blog would say I stole the code. And I don't think much of it since it helped me. And I understood how the code worked.
Everyone posts codes online and more than often, are used by someone else. And to be honest, you should be proud that someone was inspired by your code.

Answer 11

@Umbe What would justice be, from your perspective.

Answer 12

"... the algorithm of my program in her... "

The algorithm, which she is free to use without your consent, as I have pointed out in my previous post.

Answer 13

@Nihar another logical conclusion

Answer 14

@umbe yap, we can conclude that way

Answer 15

That's a Java version, probably she translated the code and changed something in it

Answer 16

for example, somebody maked a code for if-else statements, but I changed it to the short if-else
His code:
if(a>b){
cout << a;
}else {
cout << b;
}
My code:
cout << (a>b ? a:b);

Answer 17

@Umbe they just have the same idea buddy, but she didn't stole the code from you

Answer 18

I think these two code are far too different😎