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Explicitly say that Stack Overflow IS NOT for us to write your code

I think that when a user goes to ask his first question, that they should see something like this popup. We are here to help solve problems. If your question is asking someone to write your code, ...
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1answer
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How do I allow users to download my code for them to review?

How can I allow someone on Stack Overflow to download my source code so they can review it?
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1answer
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Is This Code License Compatible with StackExchange? [closed]

I want to ask a question on Stack Overflow but before I post code, I want to make sure the license I want to use (which is similar to many Open Source licenses) is compatible with Stack Exchange ...
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2answers
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How can we avoid the pitfalls of CreativeCommons in code snippets?

Creative Commons is a great license for a wiki, but it's not a good software license at all. Is it the case that all code snippets are under the same license as the rest of the text? I commonly say ...
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2answers
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what's best: post full or partial source code as answer?

Very frequently I step into questions on stackoverflow that have small snippets of code, each with it's own set of custom types/pointers/maps/vectors/classes (and other stuffs). Sometimes there's ...
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1answer
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Where can I get the source code for stackoverflow.com's WMD version?

I think the question is self-explanatory - its not that that I want SO source code. What I am looking for is how they added image upload from PC feature. I need to implement it too.
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What is StackOverflow's policy on: Posting complete projects

Hey there, I have a complete project that isn't functioning properly in IE. I was wondering what SO's policies are on posting the entire project and letting people pick it apart? Cheers.
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5answers
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How to respond to people just asking for code without any own effort?

I'm very active in the android tag on stackoverflow. It seems that the tag is hit by a wave of people trying to write apps for android without any programming knowledge. Many of this questions look ...
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5answers
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What is the code on Stack Overflow's 'Page Not Found' pages? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: What's the joke in the Stack Overflow 404 page code? For example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/does_not_exist What is the code on the right pane, and if it ...
4
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2answers
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Is Stack Overflow's code downloadable or free to use? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Is the Stack Overflow source code available? Is the script running Stack Overflow downloadable? Are there similar scripts available? I would like to know how Stack ...
6
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2answers
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Is there a way to change the default code view size on Stack Overflow?

Do they think we are all working on 1024x768? I'm running two 24" monitors, giving me a horizontal resolution that can only be described as "obscene", and I hate the unnecessary horizontal ...
6
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3answers
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Is there any open-source code we can get for something similar to Stack Overflow? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: SO Clones? I've found that source code of http://stackoverflow.com is not open-source. What similar apps are there that have source code available?
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1answer
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Source code syntax highlighting on stackoverflow wmd

I was wondering how stackoverflow (wmd) solves syntax highlighting on source code snippets. I understand that if text is marked as code it gets that <pre> CODE </pre> tags and that the ...
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9answers
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Is the Stack Overflow source code available?

Do the SO admins have any plans to release the underlying code for SO at all? I appreciate that the code may be part of their competitive advantage, but it strikes me that the underlying system would ...