Ah the infamous "no I wrote it myself" submission in university coursework. Usually gets you a free visit to the guidance counsel and a bonus free mark (on your three strikes and you are out plagiarism form).

Free water but not electricity? I'll just hook up a generator to the shower...

These sorts of simplistic loopholes rarely work. Imagine if you could get copyright for the linux kernel by just rearranging it and renaming a few variables.