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I've spoken to almost all of the founders of those companies and they've all been totally fine with it. If anything, they got some traffic, I got design practice and exposure, a few of the companies actually went on to change their site design, and now potentially dozens of people (probably more with 600+ downloads) have a template to play around with for their own purposes. Seems like a win-win-win-win.

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I for one am glad you did what you did and then shared. The designs will help me learn more and get inspired.

Thank you.

Thank you for replying. Did you ask permission or forgiveness, to use the common expression? (Did you reach out before doing it or after?)

I find if I do work and then approach people, people tend to be guilty about revealing their true feelings regarding the situation lest they offend me due to the work I've put in. That's the only reason I ask.

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