Problem
We have this answer for this question. The answer is ultimately helpful, the only problem is that it is a plain copy-paste of this blog post as I mentioned it in a comment:
Although this is a great explanation, it is a plain copy-paste from this blog. If that was written by you that is OK, otherwise you should state that this is someone else's work. You posted a "more" link at the end, but that isn't enough. You should clearly mark that this was written by someone else and that is the source. – totymedli
Then the "writer" (copy-paster) of the answer replied:
@totymedli FYI look the answer completely and the last word please. Mohammad already mention the source and know the ethics. Main thing is accurate answer no matter you copy-paste or write your self but mention source always. This is good practice and already mention by answer giver.please see – Mohammad Faizan Khan
Is he right? Does a "more" link count as proper attribution?
BTW, when I noticed he talked about himself in third person I checked out his account (because it has the same name as the answerer) and it turned out that this guy has two accounts. If you check out them, you can see by his Twitter account that he is indeed the same guy. Can you have multiple accounts?
Other legal problems
Even if this is OK, the Terms of Service of the original post's site explicitly says (emphasis mine):
- OWNERSHIP AND PERMITTED USES
The site, and all content and other elements available on or through the site, are the property of Safari and/or its content providers, and are protected by the laws of the United States and other countries, including their copyright and trademark laws. Your use of the site does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the site or its content. The site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, transmitted, modified, indexed, catalogued, mirrored or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of Safari.
How does this change things?
High scale copy-paste
Is it really OK to answer a question by copy-pasting a full blog post as-is, without any additional detail or comment? Even if it is, in this size it feels a bit unethical to gain reputation for this. Shouldn't these type of answers be community wikis?
What to do?
There are so many factors in this case that I have no idea how this should be handled. Hance this post.