Is it OK that I usually read other mods' open source code for learning without any permission?

[ga1kokuj1n]

Usually when I want add something into my mod, but don't know how to make it, and there is an other mod where the similar feature was sucsessfully done, I see for its source code if it's open to learn how author managed it. But now I start to think that it could be a bit unfair that I do it without any permission from the author. And here we are, I decided just to aks such a question to the community to know what do you guys think about it.

P.S. Sorry if I made mistakes in my English, it's not my native and don't have a high level of it.

[Ugdhar]

If the mod is open source, then it is completely fine, and likely one of the reasons the mod author made their mod open source to begin with.

If you release a mod, perhaps include the authors of open source mods that have given you help/inspiration in your credits/thanks/readme.

[ga1kokuj1n]

22 minutes ago, Ugdhar said:

If the mod is open source, then it is completely fine, and likely one of the reasons the mod author made their mod open source to begin with.

If you release a mod, perhaps include the authors of open source mods that have given you help/inspiration in your credits/thanks/readme.

Thank you, you made me feel much less guilty c:

Edited October 25, 2022 by ga1kokuj1n

[N3E0]

Reading is definitely acceptable because it is a learning experience. However id look at the license before using their code to see what they allow.