Re:Accidental infringement (Score 1)

I doubt that Comet is sufficiently large that more than two or three people read the source;

I can see that, sure. I'm not saying people aren't looking at the source, neccessarily. But, I don't really think someone would program in this kind of tracking code, using a unique ID, and not tell his/her buddies: "Hey, lookie what I did." There had to be some sort of confab where the programmer(s) explained what it did and how, unless we are to assume some maverick activity going on. Maybe there was a major communication gap somewhere, but someone, somewhere had to say "This would be a neat little thing" when it was being designed. I just can't neccessarily see a programmer putting in something like this and not wanting to let someone know for whatever reason, unless someone told them to do it.

They're aware of the problem, and they're aware that we're aware of the problem. If it goes away now, I'll be happy.

I wholeheartedly agree, until there's a next time...