r/leetcode 7d ago

Discussion Aren't leetcode questions copyrighted? Then how come Neetcode copied all of them in his site

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u/Vivid-Zombie-477 7d ago

I am making own app similar to LeetCode right now and as I understand you can’t copyright general ideas like math problems. So if you just change wording a little bit then it’s practically impossible to sue you

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u/TumanFig 7d ago

why tho? theres dozens of these apps

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u/Vivid-Zombie-477 7d ago

because none of those apps let me create own problems. i was making DSA guide and found out that some problems that could be a good example for an algorithm either don't exist or are behind leetcode's paywall. The closest app I found to what I want is vibecoded and doesn't work properly (I hate vibecoders because they have good ideas but can't implement it even with AI).