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thegorum
05-14-2009, 02:14 PM
I am building my first personal website and am new to this forum (first post). I have drawn inspiration from different websites and starting from basically knowing nothing about how to build my site I found I learned the most from seeing how other sites are designed and how they function. I am at the point now where I am creating my own deisgns but when it comes to javascript I have hit a wall and wanted to know what the general opinion was about using other sites .js files into your own site. Since I am a beginner I had not seen it as taking someone elses creation if I use it for something that is fundamentally going to be based on my own concept (since the script is not a design which is seen and more of a engine which runs the site from the background). But having thought about it I now am not sure if this is an accepted practice or one that is taboo. I would like to ask for assistance in figuring out some problems I have run into but if my questions are met with condemnation for using another sites .js then maybe I am going about this the wrong way. I would like to hear what more experience people have to say on the matter as they would know better than me. Any advice/opinions would be very welcome.

KDLA
05-14-2009, 02:29 PM
It is taboo. Basically, that's copyright infringement.
Always ask before using; and if you don't get a response, don't think that means permission. ;)

Charles
05-15-2009, 09:42 AM
You are of course, welcome to read those script and learn--adapting and adopting as you feel fit. Generally speaking, however, JavaScript causes more harm than good on a web page and there are a lot of really poorly written scripts out there. Chances are you will be learning bad stuff.

kender
05-15-2009, 11:30 AM
Most of the scripts you find will have a notation "can be used as long as this header portion is left intact" if they want to share it

KDLA
05-15-2009, 11:35 AM
Most of the scripts you find will have a notation "can be used as long as this header portion is left intact" if they want to share it
I wouldn't say that's necessarily true. Some "required purchase/license" scripts have that, too.