Gordo returns to website in crisis

NMM did not read the CCL very carefully

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Resolution?

So did Nathan Barley steal the guy's code or not?

The "explanation" is that they looked at his code but then decided to "code a theme [...] from scratch" whilst keeping the folder name intact. I wonder how much staring, copying and pasting went on.

And is claiming that one was merely inspired by some work, casually mentioning your solicitor to the guy who provided the "inspiration", the missing second stage in the notorious three stage profit plan?

weekus horribilis!?

To be picky, "hebdomas horribilis", surely?

Predicted impact of crisis on the polls....

... precisely zero.

Seriously, I can't imagine an open source spat over attribution even managing a pixel blip on the graph of general voting public intentions. No-one cares.

And as for the pathetic Clarkson video. I estimate this took one copy of Microsoft Movie Maker and one civil servant one lunch hour. Hardly likely to drain the public purse of funds.

Clarkson for PM?

I thought the little You-Tube video was quite funny, it can't have cost more than about £20 to make and showed at least someone, somewhere, in Nbr 10 has a sense of humour - formerly a lost art for denzines of that abode. Possibly the first time I've ever had something positive to say about them!