is it okay to use someone else's copyrighted theme??

Hey there DP'ers!
I have a education blog. I wanted to use free themes, so I looked on free themes and found a very nice education niche theme. Now as I noticed it has footer saying Copyright and then it has link to those sites who created that theme.

My question is:

1. Is it Okay to use someone else;s them?
2. if not, where can I buy nice education related niche themes?

Please advise.
Thank you.

 

it depends

 

Very diplomatic answer. Could you or anyone explain in details please?

 

Usually free templates have a link or more to the designer's site(s) in footer. They get free advertising for they're services/sites while people use they're templates. So as long as the template is offered as free, you can use it as as you wish.

There are a lot of template directories if you want to buy. Use google.

 

Check the license that the template comes with , that should tell you the terms .

 

Chances are that if it's listed as a free template, you can probably use it.

 

The best way is hire web designer from web development company and create unique theme. some time free theme may be cause some issue. so, its best way to create custom web page template or custom theme.

 

^ Thank you all for your inputs. I will actually hire web designer company and make them a create theme for me.