[nkrisc]

> I’m genuinely confused by your comment. Pies can be duplicated. You just grab the same ingredients and follow the same recipe.

That’s just a different pie made with the same ingredients and recipe, it’s not the same pie I ate yesterday, it’s not a duplicate. I can never have that pie I ate yesterday again.

I can, however, make as many perfect duplicates of software as I want.

[manuelmoreale]

> I can, however, make as many perfect duplicates of software as I want.

Absolutely true but the point of the article is not about duplicating software. Is about developing something someone else already developed in a similar way even though the act of doing that doesn't produce something that's "original".

[ClumsyPilot]

> a different pie made with the same ingredients and recipe, it’s not the same pie

Pie of Theseus has entered the chat

[Flop7331]

I don't understand. The pie worked on my machine.