Philosophies on design reuse

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Originally Posted by Wildcats1378

I've never quite understood how FRC enforces this rule in the first place. Programming, for example: how does FRC know when you've copied code from last year?

Has anyone actually been disqualified for this? It seems more like a moral guideline then an actual rule.

The only time I have seen a clear ability to enforce the rule was when a custom piece had an inspection sticker from a previous year on it. I also saw a team bring last years robot to a competition (I think it was 2011, and they brought a 2010 bot). I believe they packed up and left (if memory serves me right).