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Michael Santos
Michael Santos
7,564 Points
Posted by Michael Santos
Michael Santos
7,564 Points

front-end portfolio

I'm starting to get more comfortable with programming in javascript, html and css, that now i'm starting my portfolio. I am making a website that will have a photo and film gallery and have a tough time figuring out how that will be coded. I have found some code from github, such as this :https://github.com/blueimp/Gallery#html5-video-player, My question is that is it right to use other developers open-source code and customize it when building a portfolio?

4 Answers

Vlad Legkowski
Vlad Legkowski
9,882 Points
Vlad Legkowski
Vlad Legkowski
9,882 Points

Good artists copy, great artists steal. - Pablo Picasso

Tri Pham
Tri Pham
18,671 Points
Tri Pham
Tri Pham
18,671 Points

Only God creates. The rest of us just copy. - Michelangelo

jrs0801
jrs0801
259 Points
jrs0801
jrs0801
259 Points

"just answer his damn question"- James "Snooki" Monroe

johanesriandy
johanesriandy
2,144 Points
johanesriandy
johanesriandy
2,144 Points

short answer, since that is open source code, yes, you can.

Well, if you seeking for legal and long answer, the github project mentioned is using MIT license below,

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.