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BirdOPrey5
07-09-2010, 08:45 PM
Like version 1 or 2- can they be legally obtained anymore? More of a curiosity then a serious question. :confused:

TNCclubman
07-09-2010, 08:51 PM
you can buy them off someone who bought it. They'd have to sell you the license for it as well as not use it anymore themselves. You cant buy it from vb anymore. However they'd be so full of security holes that wouldnt have been addressed in years so its worthless.

BirdOPrey5
07-09-2010, 09:32 PM
I've seen some very large forums out there still using them so I guess security holes could be patched somehow... but you're right, probably wouldn't be worth the hassle... just thought it might be cool to have a 'retro' day at my forum.

TNCclubman
07-09-2010, 10:50 PM
I wonder how they patch them?

BirdOPrey5
07-10-2010, 01:27 AM
I'd imagine they must be pretty handy coders by this point, vb php files aren't very hard to follow and earlier versions must be even easier- the less features the less security risks in general.

BSMedia
07-10-2010, 01:58 AM
Don't forget the software being used to power that site must be pretty ancient in itself also, and probably long ago EOL'd and vulnerable to a hole or two.

I'm not sure how many versions you can go back and download from the members area, but you should be able to find some there.

BirdOPrey5
07-10-2010, 03:27 AM
I think the oldest I saw in members area was 3.5 or 3.0?

eSekar
07-10-2010, 05:30 AM
2.3.x is also available to download in the members area

Brandon_R
07-10-2010, 10:20 PM
Im pretty sure vB 1.0 has passed it's copyright time and now open source, i think not sure though.

Mark.B
07-10-2010, 10:54 PM
Im pretty sure vB 1.0 has passed it's copyright time and now open source, i think not sure though.
No, it's not open source and does still require a valid vB licence to run it.

Brandon_R
07-11-2010, 01:07 AM
Even 1.0? cool, did not know that.