Deep Vault,
The admin strongly stated that years after plagisrisms made, if someone found them, plagiarizers will get perma bans, immediately when proof of their plagiarisms found, or reported to admin or forum moderators.
It's one of the strictest rules and punishments in the forum, as I known.
Who knows original post of theymos , please post it here.
Thank you.
I found something for you, but I don't think that is helpful for your case. And, I doubt that you have to be in jail forever.
Nobody is banned strictly because of "the rules"; it's always handled case-by-case, but almost always, plagiarists deserve to be permabanned.
If you think that a ban should be ended, make your case in a new topic from a "good for the forum as a whole" perspective.
You might have interest to ask for a 'fair' punishment, two-year ban of signature as mentioned there.it is a too long period, but finally you can come back.
I totally agree with Theymos that the vast majority of plagiarists deserve a permaban, but I'm glad to see the case-by-case approach being implemented.
There are the rare cases where it's to the benefit of the community that amember not be gone for good, and I very much like the 2-year signature ban. I think that's a fair punishment.