Someone doesn't get it 08 Apr, 2003
Just saw this comment from Ian Smith over at Declan's site:
Not really "your" template though is it dec? - when will you confess to your theft of other peoples work? - you should try and do something of your own for a change - shame on you.
Well, I'm really not sure how an open source template constitutes "theft". The people who have either (a) directly contributed code to the project, or (b) seen their ideas used by Declan (either with explicit permission or because their code is in the public domain anyway) don't think so, as far as I'm aware.
Ho hum. Now me, I've nicked the "badges" over at the Raging Platypus site. But that's allowed too. I've also cunningly modified the XHTML 1.1 and "MT-powered" buttons for my own use…
<I couldn't even think of a good example here>
My articles/tips are simply sharing things that I do… not something that I invented. Hell, as far as I'm concerned, no one's really invented all that much. Sure we use new, flashy techniques, but those very techniques came from other techniques from other techniques. … it reminds me of something my college english professor said, "Shut up and sit down Mr. Toohey", but also that "… there are only 8 original stories in literature…" or something like that. "All other stories are simply spin-offs"!Chris Toohey#