Be aware I am no longer IB Staff despite what it says under my username.

Hi Joe,

First off thank you for opening up and allowing your "Gold" versions of your add-ons to be re-released for free. Are you going to also post the rest of your stuff?

I would also like to understand (feel free to PM me me privately if you want) why you feel VB4 is unsafe to be running. With the number of sites still running it, if there is an unknown issue, I would at least like to know and publish a fix even if it is on my dime.

VB4 is unsafe because it doesn't run (as far as I'm aware) on an supported version of PHP. Since there is no supported (by the PHP group) version it runs on, there are going to be, if not already, security holes that will not get pathed.

I don't mind releasing other "gold" formally paid for mods, as needed, as requested basis. I don't have time to upload everyone I ever made.

Thank you for the explanation.

For those that have not yet adapted, and want to keep current, all they need is a PHP developer as you do not need any vBulletin experience to fix the compatibility issues. Just need access to the server's log files. This will be more of an increasing problem in the near future as hosting services move to update their out dated systems. For those on private/dedicated servers YMMV.

My site has already been adapted to and is currently running on PHP 7.4.13 with MariaDB 10.5.8 There have been various other core file modifications as well to increase overall security.

If you would like, I am willing to host your files or work on uploading everything here. We can discuss the best way to allow for their distribution here on .org if you want.