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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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