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Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://www.h

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time positions. You clearly don't know what you've got.

ohitsdom 12y ago
Interesting, how did you even catch this?
- andrewmcwatters 12y ago
  Visual Idiot is a notable name in the design community. It would be like stealing from Tobias Van Schneider or something. You can't get past people in the know.
  - ohitsdom 12y ago
    But how did you even make the connection? I don't see the text "Visual Idiot" anywhere. And were you just browsing his js files? Or did the UI of the site feel familiar?
    - ohitsdom 12y ago
      Ah, I just went to http://vaguelyexciting.com/ http://vaguelyexciting.com/. I'm assuming you recognized the moving dots/lines and made then connection yourself, then compared JS files to confirm.
    - BinaryIdiot 12y ago
      If you go to the Visual Idiot site it has the same background effect so if you've looked at both sites it would be a pretty easy observation.
      - olso 12y ago
        Are you related to VisualIdiot? :)
        BinaryIdiot 12y ago
        lol nope
      - knd775 12y ago
        I don't see the same background effect on this site. Where is it? I can see it on the VI page, though.
        ohitsdom 12y ago
        Almost at the bottom of the page with his contact info: http://www.hostmeinca.com/#cta http://www.hostmeinca.com/#cta
olso 12y ago
I want to see how he approaches this. Since this site is about him and "his" work.
CamatHN 12y ago
I think the code is on Github. Stealing code is part of the job these days if a license allows.
- andrewmcwatters 12y ago
  There's no license there, so I'd have to assume he asked for permission.
juliangregorian 12y ago
"steal" as if you never used someone else's code. There's not even a notice on the original, I'm hard pressed to find him at fault.
- eropple 12y ago
  Can't speak for that poster, but while I've used other people's code for educational purposes I am not aware of a time when I've used someone else's code against its restrictions. And bear in mind that code without a license notice is not a free-for-all, it's restricted until other rights are explicitly granted. (I have no opinion on this situation nor am I qualified to judge it. Other people have a more fully-formed opinion than I do, and it does sound like it's properly open-sourced anyway.)
- s_dev 12y ago
  He should make an effort to attribute the work that isn't his.
- learnstats2 12y ago
  > There's not even a notice on the original No license on the original means you don't have the right to use it.
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kylecesmat 12y ago
AFAIK This script came from Tympanus/Codrops, not VI. I've used a version of this script as well for a project. I mean, it'd be better if Marek used even a modified background instead of taking the entire example from Codrops, but I don't think it would be 'stealing' as much as reusing tutorial code. Link - http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-headers/ http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-h... (Click 'View Demo')
- andrewmcwatters 12y ago
  Good to know!
AgentConundrum 12y ago
"Steal" seems to be a slightly strong word. It looks like it's open source and just missing the license.[1] I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt rather than jump straight to accusations. [1] I didn't look too hard, but I came up with this link quickly: https://gist.github.com/benjaminsinger/ad5231be7748de3a9a11#file-script-js https://gist.github.com/benjaminsinger/ad5231be7748de3a9a11#... - I didn't immediately see the license on the original it was forked from, but this one has a license, so I assume there's some sort of compatibility.
jasonlotito 12y ago
http://codepen.io/MarcoGuglielmelli/details/lLCxy http://codepen.io/MarcoGuglielmelli/details/lLCxy Original author commented, and this was referenced: http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedHeaderBackgrounds/ http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedHeaderBackgrounds/ This seems to be the original author: http://rachsmith.com/ http://rachsmith.com/ Are you positive in your claim that Visual Idiot owns the code?
- andrewmcwatters 12y ago
  Clearly I was wrong! I guess I'm not so in the know as I think I am. Thanks for the background info.
roneesh 12y ago
His entire page is a composite of other people's open source work, the achievement isn't in writing anything new, it's just in how well it's been put together.
- 5435434553 12y ago
  In other words, he can't create anything and will be useless for any decent company.

ohitsdom 12y ago

Interesting, how did you even catch this?

andrewmcwatters 12y ago
Visual Idiot is a notable name in the design community. It would be like stealing from Tobias Van Schneider or something. You can't get past people in the know.
- ohitsdom 12y ago
  But how did you even make the connection? I don't see the text "Visual Idiot" anywhere. And were you just browsing his js files? Or did the UI of the site feel familiar?
  - ohitsdom 12y ago
    Ah, I just went to http://vaguelyexciting.com/ http://vaguelyexciting.com/. I'm assuming you recognized the moving dots/lines and made then connection yourself, then compared JS files to confirm.
  - BinaryIdiot 12y ago
    If you go to the Visual Idiot site it has the same background effect so if you've looked at both sites it would be a pretty easy observation.
    - olso 12y ago
      Are you related to VisualIdiot? :)
      - BinaryIdiot 12y ago
        lol nope
    - knd775 12y ago
      I don't see the same background effect on this site. Where is it? I can see it on the VI page, though.
      - ohitsdom 12y ago
        Almost at the bottom of the page with his contact info: http://www.hostmeinca.com/#cta http://www.hostmeinca.com/#cta

olso 12y ago

I want to see how he approaches this. Since this site is about him and "his" work.

CamatHN 12y ago

I think the code is on Github. Stealing code is part of the job these days if a license allows.

andrewmcwatters 12y ago
There's no license there, so I'd have to assume he asked for permission.

juliangregorian 12y ago

"steal" as if you never used someone else's code. There's not even a notice on the original, I'm hard pressed to find him at fault.

eropple 12y ago
Can't speak for that poster, but while I've used other people's code for educational purposes I am not aware of a time when I've used someone else's code against its restrictions. And bear in mind that code without a license notice is not a free-for-all, it's restricted until other rights are explicitly granted. (I have no opinion on this situation nor am I qualified to judge it. Other people have a more fully-formed opinion than I do, and it does sound like it's properly open-sourced anyway.)
s_dev 12y ago
He should make an effort to attribute the work that isn't his.
learnstats2 12y ago
> There's not even a notice on the original No license on the original means you don't have the right to use it.

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kylecesmat 12y ago

AFAIK This script came from Tympanus/Codrops, not VI. I've used a version of this script as well for a project. I mean, it'd be better if Marek used even a modified background instead of taking the entire example from Codrops, but I don't think it would be 'stealing' as much as reusing tutorial code. Link - http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-headers/ http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-h... (Click 'View Demo')

andrewmcwatters 12y ago
Good to know!

AgentConundrum 12y ago

"Steal" seems to be a slightly strong word. It looks like it's open source and just missing the license.[1] I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt rather than jump straight to accusations. [1] I didn't look too hard, but I came up with this link quickly: https://gist.github.com/benjaminsinger/ad5231be7748de3a9a11#file-script-js https://gist.github.com/benjaminsinger/ad5231be7748de3a9a11#... - I didn't immediately see the license on the original it was forked from, but this one has a license, so I assume there's some sort of compatibility.

jasonlotito 12y ago

http://codepen.io/MarcoGuglielmelli/details/lLCxy http://codepen.io/MarcoGuglielmelli/details/lLCxy Original author commented, and this was referenced: http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedHeaderBackgrounds/ http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedHeaderBackgrounds/ This seems to be the original author: http://rachsmith.com/ http://rachsmith.com/ Are you positive in your claim that Visual Idiot owns the code?

andrewmcwatters 12y ago
Clearly I was wrong! I guess I'm not so in the know as I think I am. Thanks for the background info.

roneesh 12y ago

His entire page is a composite of other people's open source work, the achievement isn't in writing anything new, it's just in how well it's been put together.

5435434553 12y ago
In other words, he can't create anything and will be useless for any decent company.