[Rules]No Leeching Policy

[why06]

I as the Moderator of the Programming Section am going to to start enforcing an Anti-Leech policy.

My Reasons:
As far as I have known MPGH has been pretty much the leech capital of the world, but ever since Liz enforced her no leeching policy in the CA section things have begun to turn around. I see more members releasing their own hacks instead of leeching. Now I know that is only one forum, but I felt the benefits have been good and so Im going to follow suit.

What this means:
The posting of any leeched source code, tutorials, or programs that do not properly credit the author and clearly explain that it was in fact leeched is a bannable offense. This includes decompiling code without permission. (Someone decompiled BA's code without telling him a thing). Now I can't stop you from doing it, but I can stop you from sharing it on this site. Just because someone did not pack or obfuscate their code does not mean it is essentially an open-source project.

Beyond the Rule:
This isn't just meant to protect coders and put leechers in their place, but rather to educate leechers as well. I encourage coders to support the anti-leech policy, by explaining any released code. Usually code is leeched because it is simply thrown at people with no explanation. We can help reduce leeching by better explaining code, and help pointing choobs in the right direction away from leeching. I believe MPGH has a lot of potential to become not just a hack community, but a coding community and so here's my promise to coders everywhere to provide a helpful environment to learn and share code without worrying about your code being leeched.

Retributions:
Posting leeched code without credit - Warning - up to 3 Day ban
Claiming leeched code or tutorials as your own - 3 day ban without warning
Decompiling a fellow members code without consent - 5day ban

As always the regular rules of MPGH still apply...

C++:
Specifically in this section I would like people to type [LEECHED] in their title of any leeched code or tutorial and also properly credit the author if possible. There is nothing wrong with learning from outside materials, but credit should be given where credit is do. I f we do not respect others contributions how will they respect ours.

VB:
NextGen1 is allowed to handle any specifics if he wishes to, otherwise assume the same rules that apply in C++ apply to VB as well as the rest of the Programming section unless otherwise stated.

[[MPGH]AVGN]

Great Idea.
Good Job.

(it's suit btw)

[Retoxified]

GJ why finally all those warrock and CA-fags will get a ban =DDDD

[Pixipixel_]

Wooa finally =)
Goooooood info

[Arhk]

Hmmmm..... How is this not posted/linked in other programming sections
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['Bruno]

omg finnaly ! gj why

[why06]

Hmmmm..... How is this not posted/linked in other programming sections
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It is. There's an announcement as well. I already got one guy who leeched a tutorials and claimed as his own. Leechers beware.

[Bombsaway707]

Finally an anti-leech policy

[Void]

About the [LEECHED] thing, what if only a small portion of your code is leeched but you manage to give credits. Do you still have to put [LEECHED]?

[why06]

About the [LEECHED] thing, what if only a small portion of your code is leeched but you manage to give credits. Do you still have to put [LEECHED]?

Im mainly talking about if you just simply copied an entire tutorial and pasted it here. If your using someone else's technique or code then credits will do, but it's not a big deal. I know you used Azorbiz's detour method in your tut that's okay. The main thing is outright stealing. sharing or using someone else's code is no big deal. In fact I encourage it, just do not claim things as your own if they are not. Say if it's a tutorial explaining how to use someone else's code. If you don't credit them Im not going to flip out or anything, because the content you claimed was the tutorial and not the code itself, but I would still probably recommend some form of acknowledgment to the original author. Think of it like taking a quote from Moby Dick. Just because you quoted it does not mean you leeched Moby Dick... =/

I hope that makes sense.

[NextGen1]

Just awesome, Awesome

[Retoxified]

Why is going to ban 90% of the VB section =D

[Lolland]

Why is going to ban 90% of the VB section =D

Wow, that was offensive... more like 95 percent..



Anyways, great job on this new policy, like really. Thanks x 100.

Finally a way to stop leeching.

[Retoxified]

Wow, that was offensive... more like 95 percent..



Anyways, great job on this new policy, like really. Thanks x 100.

Finally a way to stop leeching.

ow sorry
been some time since I visited that section, so even with NG1 in charge the leechcount went up again? o_O

[IM_SANTA]

if i may say so i hope that dave approves to this as it is a very good idea im so sick of hacks being leeched its so very annoying