Free Bootstrap Themes
blacktie.co
blacktie.co
I went ahead and took the plunge with a Mailinator address to see what I could find out, and it looks like there isn't any license to the themes at all. I'm not sure if this is good or bad -- if code has no license, is it a free for all?
Second thing I check is whether the free theme inserts links in the code to their own website (visible or invisible). From what I see, that is not the case with the theme I downloaded.
Looks like some great resources guys, but a little more information would be invaluable. Can't wait to try some of these out for some quick sites though :)
It uses the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
"Free" as in GPL2.
Ripped that out pretty quickly.
If it were the latter, would your entire codebase be considered a derivative work (just as if I took some GPL2 code and refactored it until all the original code was gone)?
One question though, did I understand it correctly or have a got it wrong:
I can make a free software (free as in speech), and charge you X amount of money for it, but it is within your right to sell it to the next person as long as you keep the freedom to modify etc?
The worst thing that can happen is going to jail or having to repair whatever damage they claim you have caused. Though it's very unlikely in your case and for this library.
The issue becomes when you then decide to build something commercial with photos/libraries/etc that have non-commercial/attribution features to them. If I wanted to use this theme to build a Startup, it could become very enticing to companies to target litigation against me. Above and beyond litigation, it could be a PR nightmare if press found out I had built something on top of code that I wasn't allowed to use. Think of all the questions it would raise -- well if he used non-commercial code commercially, what if he had stolen code from other places?
It also lends a sense of credibility to the project/photo/download in that the author thought about the way that his creation was to be used. We used a "free" open source iPhone mockup that seemed perfectly legitimate, and implemented it into one of our client's websites. A few months later, Getty Images had detected that a commercial copyrighted image had been used in the background of the iPhone mockup and sent a litigation letter to our client demanding payment. It was an expensive lesson for us to learn that just because something says it's one thing doesn't mean we can take them at their word.
(The stock photos on the site made me think of it, haha.)
Oh, and also not a brogrammer, so... maybe this doesn't apply to me.
Or, maybe just the self conscious ones.
Impossible.
> It's amazing how far a good diet, good sleep, exercise, and some grooming can do.
It's a slippery slope, though. You start with that crap and, before you know it, you're doing flat-out irrational things like getting dressed and brushing your teeth. I shudder at the thought!
There are attractive (develoepers|journalists|best buy employees), and there are unattractive (develoepers|journalists|best buy employees).
I think it's mostly sterotypes and confirmation bias. The ugly people are less liekly to post photos of themselves online, so you only ever notice the attractive ones.
Has anyone else noticed sub-themes within github headshots or is gis an anomaly?
On the other hand, the "leave email to download" model is completely fair. Not only is it used by the overwhelming majority of companies (most apps require some form of signing up), but you're also the only one receiving those email. So the cost is entirely personal.
So in this case, it's really a matter of whether or not the transaction is worth it for you, and I don't think you have any grounds to complain.
P.S. I'm not the author by the way, I just get ticked off seeing that objection, especially when somebody is already not charging any money for their products.
Sort of the (sad) opposite of demonstrating your craft in your own tools: http://www.finewoodworking.com/woodworking-plans/article/the...
Blacktie.co was created by Carlos Alvares (http://www.alvarez.is/). He's a designer who has a number of paid themes on https://wrapbootstrap.com/user/Basicoh. Blacktie appears to be his own site where he gives away some free themes in exchange for your email address.
Some other free themes: http://wrapbootstrap.com (I'm not affiliated, just love their stuff). They have less files and a compiled css file for their themes.
I guess you can't complain when it's free though.
I have also just discovered fontawesome, which just shows that I really need to improve my front-end programming skills...
What are some other Bootstrap focused resources to learn front end development?