Blame Pekka for this answer, he put me up to it ;-) . Enough cats, Pekka?

Yes, we need something linkable. The FAQ is an ideal place for this, but there are lots of other similar things that can go there as well. We don't want to bloat the faq, too few people read it already. Still, this particular case I support for FAQ-ness.

Even if it doesn't get to /faq, we can still have an MSO faq for it. After all, we only really need it for linking--whoever should be reading the faq doesn't read it.

I've prepared a draft below of a faq Q&A MSO post. It is presented in a fun form, so that offenders don't just tl;dr it.

##Can I copy stuff?

I am an inherently lazy cat. Can I plz plz copy stuff for my SO answers? You can see how much I like being lazy, and how much I like copying.

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##protected by Tim Post♦ Jun 6 '12 at 7:00

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You can, but only if you follow some rules. Let me explain:

As you can see, one of the two cats is being lazy by copying the other's pose. Probably the larger one, since kittens are too cute to be evil.

Now, who looks cute? That's right, both of them. So one of them went through all the trouble to cook up this fantastic pose, and the other just copies it and laps up the extra kibble it is awarded.

Of course not. That's why, you must attribute stuff you've copied:

Anything you copy must be attributed.

Basic rules:

• When quoting someone else's work, basic academic rules apply: always add attribution

• This applies to small snippets of code as well

• Do not do whole-sale copying of content from copyright protected sites; link to them instead, and describe what the source says in your own words.

Otherwise, we will find you. And when we do.... :