Talk:Duplicate code

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What is a public tool? I see my addition of SolidCD has been removed. I assume that is because it links to a non OSS application. Then why are other similar applications allowed (e.g.,Simian, CP-Miner)?

The article offers reducing file size as motivation for duplicate reduction. Really? Seems a pretty trivial reason. How about the fact that code faults are proportional to lines of code? That seems to me to be a much bigger issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.128.5.154 (talk) 15:54, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism causes duplication?

Plagiarism, where code is simply copied without permission or attribution. How is plagarism a cause of duplication any more so than citing the original code and then doing a copy paste. This one doesn't seem to fit with the rest of teh article. Maxximillian (talk) 19:30, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]