Ask HN: Is this site stolen, or original?

1 points by shayanjm 13y ago ↗ HN

I seem to remember an article/thread here talking about how a bunch of sites ripped off an original design firm's site template quite a while ago... I just stumbled upon this site (through a design freelance request) and seem to recognize it as one of said designs. I wanted to know - is this the original firm, or a copy? (if anyone has a link to the original article that would be amazing!)

http://www.redwoodagile.com/

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xauronx 13y ago ↗

That kind of site is a trend not an original idea. The guy in question had his js files ripped off but I think I remember it being quite different from this one. None of the javascript looks ripped off (no names of other sites or anything) but that was just a couple minute glance.

mazumdar 13y ago ↗

this is the one you're talking about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5367790

and I think this is the one the OP is referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5165016

hope that helps!

shayanjm 13y ago ↗

Definitely the link that I was referring to. It's perfect, thank you so much!

jcr 13y ago ↗

There have been a lot of submissions about people copying designs, so I've got no clue to which one you're referring. One of the more recent I remember is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5367790

Using the HN Search box at the bottom of the page should turn up more.