You are 100% correct about this. I have become much more trustworthy in describing to a few of my developer friends what my plans for any program I write are. M

You are 100% correct about this. I have become much more trustworthy in describing to a few of my developer friends what my plans for any program I write are. My fears used to be that they would steal the idea and go make fortunes. What I found is that is untrue. Most of them don't care enough or have time to figure out my "exact idea" and write a program to do it. I have yet to see any of them ever attempt to steal an idea I have told them. Instead, I usually confide in them to understand: "Do you think this is a good idea? Should I even bother?" They have never steered me wrong. There are projects they have loved and said, "I would love to see it when you're finished. I would love to test it out!" There are also other projects where: "It's not worth it to work on that." "I don't really see that as a demand or useful to anyone but you." 99% of the time they are giving me solid and sound advice. I think the 1% that remains is: Miscommunication. They misunderstand what I am after or I just didn't explain it right. As to answer the original question: Honestly, if my code is that good... awesome. But I likely got that code from some sample library that can be found anywhere on the Internet. If the code is good and it helps someone out, than why not? I've tried to view source on sites for something cool that someone's website was doing. Sometimes I can get the script, but often times, it is usually a combination of javascript and some PHP scripts working together, so it is not always easy to just grab the code.