SpookyKipper Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Burke Knight said: What forum software are you using now? You do realize, you need to have the forum software's copyright in the footer of the forum. Otherwise, you are violating their policy, as well is iFastNet's when it comes to nulled scripts. (Copyright removal counts as nulled.) pretty sure it depends on the softwares terms and license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastelPichi Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, SpookyKipper said: pretty sure it depends on the softwares terms and license. yes. flarum is under mit so... The only license thats less restrictive is the "do what the f*ck you want license" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyx Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 18 hours ago, TinkerMan said: Nope again. “Nulled Scripts” is not actually even in iFNs terms (And if I missed it, please let me know where it is). Falls under "Warez", and I'm sure you're aware of suspensions about nulled scripts. You're right about your forum having no such requirements however, being free and open source, so I'm sure @Burke Knight got it mixed up with another forum software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinkerMan Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 27 minutes ago, Anyx said: Falls under "Warez" Yep, there it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Anyx said: You're right about your forum having no such requirements however, being free and open source, so I'm sure @Burke Knight got it mixed up with another forum software. Was just being cautious. One never knows about software they stay far away from until they ask. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyx Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Burke Knight said: Was just being cautious. One never knows about software they stay far away from until they ask. LOL I see, in that case it might be better to assume it doesn't have a requirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 9 times out of 10, it does. So, better to err on the side of caution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 55 minutes ago, Chronos said: It is all about what type of license the said software implies. If they do not care about you removing their copyright notices, go ahead and remove them, but if you want to give them credits, leave them there. To add to this: If the software license says you need to keep the copyright, then you need to be sure to keep it and have it show how they have it. Examples of this are SMF, ElkArte, phpBB, WordPress and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyKipper Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 10 hours ago, Burke Knight said: To add to this: If the software license says you need to keep the copyright, then you need to be sure to keep it and have it show how they have it. Examples of this are SMF, ElkArte, phpBB, WordPress and others. wait WordPress needs the footer? I mean in their custom page feature you can basically forget to add anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 2 hours ago, SpookyKipper said: wait WordPress needs the footer? For the most part, they request it be left in. Most custom theme makers require their copyright to be visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastelPichi Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 On 3/21/2023 at 1:38 PM, Burke Knight said: To add to this: If the software license says you need to keep the copyright, then you need to be sure to keep it and have it show how they have it. Examples of this are SMF, ElkArte, phpBB, WordPress and others. Wordpress.com be like... From my understanding of then GNU GPL 2 as long as you incldue the license, ist completely legal to delete credits (of course disclosing changes). Correct me if im wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Split off this discussion and made its own topic. 9 hours ago, BastelPichi said: From my understanding of then GNU GPL 2 as long as you incldue the license, ist completely legal to delete credits (of course disclosing changes). Correct me if im wrong. That's debatable. They do after all, have the copyright in the footer when it is installed, and in the themes. To me, this is usually a sign that they want it to be there. Flarum, it appears, does not even have it in the footer, which is unusual, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyKipper Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 That's the same for Xera & GenerateArea, or seems any (former) projects by mahtab. There are no pre-"installed" credits footer. but GenerateArea has a(n) (external) badge shared here for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Knight Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 46 minutes ago, SpookyKipper said: but GenerateArea has a(n) (external) badge shared here for whatever reason. That was most likely shared so people could add it if they choose, to help promote it. However, they really would have to shrink it down.... A lot... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastelPichi Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 7:35 PM, Burke Knight said: Split off this discussion and made its own topic. That's debatable. They do after all, have the copyright in the footer when it is installed, and in the themes. To me, this is usually a sign that they want it to be there. Flarum, it appears, does not even have it in the footer, which is unusual, to say the least. Well in any way, its best to support the project you just got free software from, unless its not an header like THIS SOFTWARE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE BY FREEFORUMSOFTWARESDOWNLAODTODAY.cxyz \xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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