BBR-APBT , are you going to release that mod?

I recoded it for my self.

I don't know if I can or not, I asked abe but I had no answer so far. If he says I can they I will if he does not respond or says no then I can not.

Maybe he is updating this to release I do not know.

would you be able to run a diff between your version and abes and post that? that way you would be only posting your code

I have a working version. There is no need to recode it. I mean in all actuality its all default vBulletin code for the most part. But since I worked my version off of abe's I will wait for his permission.

There is no need to rewrite it as it works there isn't to many ways to redo it. Basically it would be a waste of my time.

I understand the principle, but when you consider that some authors here go AWOL you might be waiting a while.

Just post the mod, give full credit to abe with a link to his profile and this mod in particular and give yourself credit for the port only.

It is the ethics in the matter you do not just release another coders code with out permission first. He did not check this mod as re-usable code. He is clearly around as he was on line in January. When he is around I am sure he will say yes or no and if he says no I am sure he will upgrade this.

Releasing a large portion of someone else's code in a separate mod thread, attributed credit or not, without permission is just asking for trouble. A code snippet is one thing. Basically just using the same code with some tweaks could technically count as copyright violation.

Yes, or not. Where the bigger crime occurs is when an author disappears entirely, and others, in a misguided attempt to protect this unclaimed "copyright", forbid anyone to modify and distribute it.

And so we're stuck waiting for someone to come along and claim to have written all original code to do the same thing. Of course, there's only a few ways to perform a function in a given language, so there's a very good chance a large part of any new code will look exactly like previous code.

Coders drop dead (or drop out) all the time. Let's put some reasonable amount of time on limitations. Maybe 6 months.

Copyright isn't a matter of claim or an invisible stamp the author puts on a thing. You own the copyright to a thing as soon as you create it. By law. You don't have to claim anything, it automatically exists as soon as you affix it into some tangible form. And perpetrating someone else's work is an actual crime. Now I haven't looked at the code to this, and it might be something simple. But it's bad form to just nab someone's code just because folks are impatient to see a new version, even if it is relatively simple. It's not misguided, it's the way the forum was designed. That's what the "reusable code" option when you post a mod is for. If I create something, I don't think my absence for any amount of time should be carte blanch reason for someone else to assign it as their own, if I don't want it to be so.

Despite I'm desperate for this one ported to 4.0 I have to agree 100% on what Digital Jedi said.

But this mod (as others Abe's) are so usefull, just can't live without it. You know, vB Albums page sucks and Abe's mod gives it a photo galery status.