Originally Posted by
Valeriekat
"I believe it is our ethical obligation to ponder it."
Really! Why? As has been pointed out before, a technique is not copy-writable.
the issue is not techniques.
the issue is whether or not we can plagiarize a video, tutorial or pattern written by somebody else.
why are ethics important?
really?
if you ask this question, the answer will always fall on deaf ears.