Is it legal to use free website templates to design a client's website?

[Arkitech]

I know this is probably a really basic and stupid question, but I don't ordinarily build sites for customers. The barber I go to is being charged $150 for a really horrible looking site design, I'm positive I could grab a template from somewhere and make him something better in about an hour. However if that violates some kind of typical TOA on these free template sites I won't bother.

 

[lxskllr]

You'd have to look at the individual TOSs. I imagine they're all different.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Yes, it's perfectly legal provided you don't remove the link back to the author's site. Just be sure to read the licensing info.

Typical license:

All of the free CSS templates on this website are released and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. They are completely free (and royalty-free) to use for any personal or commercial purpose provided you credit me in the form of a link back to this website.

 

[Arkitech]

Thanks guys, I'm going to throw something together. Maybe I'll have a whole new career going here.