Dynamic Drive DHTML scripts- Terms of Use
Unless indicated otherwise by the credit, all
scripts on this site are original scripts written by the authors of Dynamic
Drive, and are protected by both US and international copyright laws. The below
lists the terms of use users of Dynamic Drive must agree to
before using the programs/scripts (Last updated: May 22nd, 06):
- Users may use any DHTML scripts offered for
download on Dynamic Drive, free of
charge, on both personal and commercial web sites. This includes web designers
who wish to use our DHTML scripts in their paid web site projects.
- You may modify our scripts to customize them
based on your needs.
- Users may NOT, however, redistribute or
repost/ resell for download any DHTML script found on Dynamic Drive.
Redistribution is defined as re-offering our scripts for download in any
fashion, whether on a competing web site, an application that generates code
snippets, or a CD-ROM collection of CSS/JavaScript codes etc. Some examples of
what is acceptable and what is not are:
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Acceptable:
-Use our DHTML scripts on any personal or commercial web site to aid in its
functionality/ usability.
-As a web designer, use our DHTML scripts in your paid projects for your
client web sites.
-As a software developer, use our DHTML scripts within a application/
program as part of its interface, such as a CSS menu being used as the
program's navigation interface. The program itself can be distributable.
In all cases above, the credit notice within the script must remain intact
and unaltered.
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Not Acceptable:
-Put our DHTML scripts on another script library or webmaster type site for
others to download.
-Use our DHTML scripts in any type of service or application whereby our
codes are part of the product offerings themselves.
-Put our DHTML scripts in any other types of medium for direct
redistribution, such as a CD-ROM that consists of, but not limited to,
webmaster codes and web graphics.
- Users agree not to remove/ edit the credit
notice within the DHTML source code, or claim the code to be work of their
own. What is the copyright notice? It appears inside the <script> tag of each
script, and looks something like this:
/***********************************************
* Dynamic Countdown script- © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/
Sometimes you may wish to move the DHTML script to an external .js file. In
such instances, the credit notice must still be retained within the SCRIPT
tags, in the page's visible source:
<script src="countdown.js" type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Dynamic Countdown script- © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/
</script>
- Users agree not to use scripts found on Dynamic Drive for illegal
purposes, or on pages containing illegal material.
- Users agree not to hold Dynamic Drive liable
for any damages resulted from proper or improper use of any of the scripts
found on Dynamic Drive. Use at your own risk.
- Users are not required to link back to Dynamic Drive to use our DHTML scripts, as much as they are
appreciated. :)
By using any of the scripts on Dynamic Drive, you understand that you have
read and agreed to the above usage terms. These terms will be strictly enforced,
and violators will face criminal charges. Don't say our lawyer
didn't warn you!