[err4nt]

I doubt it could have been called 'stealing' if he only accessed what was posted publicly by the authors themselves at the time.

Until he contacted Prezi, how could he be certain beyond any doubt that they weren't already aware of it? Could you explain that to me?

[davorak]

Using login in credentials that are not your own found in a public place to take source code is like finding someones house key on a park bench and coping their secret invention designs or trade secrets.

[dllthomas]

As I read it, he didn't use the credentials to take the source code; he found the credentials in the source code. He used the credentials merely to verify the credentials were valid.

[davorak]

Ahh, at the time I thought err4nt was referring to the public posted login credentials and was making the analogy off of that.

[csallen]

Define "take" source code. Do you mean "read" or "access" source code? I know this is an aside, but I think we as a community need to be more judicious in our use of criminally-accusatory words, especially when it comes to taking/stealing/theft vs copying vs distributing/selling vs reading/watching/accessing. They're all very, very different things.

[davorak]

You read my post in the ~5 secs widow where it had the word "take." It was the wrong word because in the case I was talking about it would not have deprived Prezi access to their source code.