On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 09:42:49PM +0100, Maxime Devos wrote:

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> (I assume 'snarfing' is a form of copying here.)

Basically yes. Something like "stealing", perhaps because the source
isn't aware of the fact that it has got a new use.

The term is old UNIX tradition [1]. From there, it probably diffused
into GNU.

Cheers
[1] http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/snarf.html

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