uuhhh..... they're not the same thing, and he didn't mean them to be the same thing
copied and influenced aren't the same either
he's not just talking about something influenced, he's talking about something that has anything to do with another thing (borrowing ideas, reverse engineering, directly copying, etc. etc.)

> > the problem comes when i ask you to create something that is entirely your own work, and not derived / copied / reverse engineered / influenced from other peoples work.
> > quite a hard thing to do


> You trow a lot of different words on one big pile here...

> I'd hardly consider "reverse enginering" the same thing as being "influenced".:confused:


> But I have the impression you don't care a s**t about the correct use of words anyway...so...nevermind the discussion.
> :rolleyes: