I am curious if it is illegal to use cloned scripts or not. I understand that as long as it doesn't really steal anything from it, it is. Specifically, would there be any issues usingthe script found here? It is a clone of FMyLife.com. Thank you for any help, Inferno Arcade
'Clone' means a piece of software that replicates the functionality of another. As long as the source code (which is copyright) hasn't been used, and the new software has been rewritten from scratch, there isn't a problem. You can't patent an idea, basically, and ideas are also not copyrightable.
Depends. I maintain a free script similar to FML (see sig). The idea is the same, but they both have their own differences too. This, IMO, is perfectly okay. If I were to write a Facebook script, name it "Faceclone", and make it look *exactly* like Facebook, THEN it would be an entirely different story.
I plan on changing the design up a bit to make it different from the others. Thank you all for the help.
you'd have problems with 'passing off' vs their trademark. They might also try to get you for a 'look and fee' action, which is harder to prosecute.