Theymos has clearly said copy and paste is not a perm ban in all cases. We are not robots here. Depends on the context.
Theymos also said this:
- Plagiarism: If you copy some text from somewhere, then you should have a good reason for it, and you must link to the source. Doing otherwise is plagiarism. Changing a few words around doesn't matter. If we find that you plagiarized, then you absolutely will be permanently banned, even if we find it years after you did it.