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So I'm frustrated on my roommate's behalf.
Some guy in a class my roommate had previously taken plagiarized him. My roommate is now serving one year academic suspension while the plagiarizer is free to continue suffering through his classes.
The plagiarizer, who was an acquaintance of the roommate, used code that was uploaded to a website the roommate used for storing assignments/notes from classes he'd previously taken. This was meant to be an example for the plagiarizer, who was having difficulty in this class. The instructor recognized this code as Roommate's and Plagiarizer confessed.
However, the University, after a full review and hearing, has claimed this was blatant "sharing of tests and assignments" and is punishing him for academic misconduct while Plagiarizer gets off scot free. Further evidence to my belief that justice is a myth.
jediengineer
Why people gotta be a bitch?
MaybeTheDildoAteYourBaby
See? Reposting is bad in real life too.
snowy129
To be clear, I am not saying my roommate is completely innocent, just expressing my frustration that Plagiarizer was not punished.
jediengineer
THIS IS WHY CODERS NEVER COMMENT THEIR CODE
atari5200
He DID upload solutions to assignments. If he wanted to do a learning tool, he should have done the same concept with different parameters.
golem000
Always told us not to reinvent the wheel. (2/2)
atari5200
There's truth in that, e.g. employing useful utility libraries. But there's a line between demoing a concept and just giving out an answer.
golem000
The thing is, code is code. My instructor encouraged us grab any pre written code we could, so long as we understood how it worked. (1/2)
atari5200
To a point, but if it follows exactly what the assignment says down to input fields and output displays, it's still a distributed solution.
golem000
While I can agree with this for most things academic, I feel code should be partially exempt. So long as you can demonstrate understanding.
atari5200
I'll give you that. Showing understanding should actually outweigh the given solution. But you should be able to write basic stuff yourself.