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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by sigi45 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @08:12AM (#18559899)
It is. There is no legal right for you to 'steal' something.

It does matter how easy you make it, but it is nonetheless illegal.

Because someone kept the door open, doesn't allow you or give you the right to go into it. Never has been never will be.

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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by ashelmire on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:42AM (#18560463)
How is it stealing if it’s publicly hosted on a web server?
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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by beberlei on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:29PM (#18562503)
By that definition it is not stealing to take something that is unguarded, isn't locked or surrounded by a fence from a neighbors lawn, or a department store.
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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by ashelmire on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:56PM (#18562757)
No, it's not. It's more like if Coca-cola accidentally published their recipe in the newspaper instead of an ad - that's their blunder and not corporate espionage.
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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by sigi45 on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:00AM (#18567737)
No its not.

First of, there is also in legal a huge difference between publishing your secret in an ad and putting some .git folder in /.

Second it would probably still be illegal to reproduce coca-cola original receipe. There is probably some (c) or similiar thing protecting it.

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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by randyrand on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:54PM (#18564455)
That's one of the best analogies I've heard. Thanks for that.
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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by CobrastanJorji on Thursday November 29, 2018 @03:16PM (#18563539)
Sure, if they took away the source code. But they only looked at the source code. It's not illegal to look at something in a department store.
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Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code by beaconstudios on Thursday November 29, 2018 @08:18AM (#18559936)
I didn't claim that taking the source code isn't stealing.
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