widget code

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I guess the answer is yes and no. I'm not familiar with intellectual property rights on the internet, but looking at many of the posts here and elsewhere my impression is that many people say they'd like their site to have attributes of others and the solution is to copy code and adapt it to your own needs. I don't plan on using the code exactly. I'd like to use it as a starting point and make changes so it fits my site. Am I wrong here?