Some answers to important licensing questions
 

In all the discussions so far related to pricing and licensing, I?ve answered that there were quite a lot of details to work out, and that I would announce everything together as soon as all the pieces were settled. While we do still have a couple of loose ends to tie up, I?m happy to report that a couple of the most important issues have been settled, and I can address some of the most urgent questions about upcoming license changes for vBulletin 4.0.

In previous posts I had recommended that everyone keep their vBulletin licenses current, and there are two important reasons to do so:

1. You will have access to the 4.0 Forum upgrade under the terms of your current license.

2. You will be able to take advantage of a pre-sale discount offer for the new vBulletin Suite that will be available to current licensed customers only.

In a few weeks we?ll be rolling out more information on the release and announcing further details of the new license terms and pricing. Meanwhile, we appreciate your patience.


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Nice one. Thank you. :)

Means if our license is not expired we can download VB 4.0 from VB Member area?
is it so?

That is what it means.

really good idea. otherwise Jelsoft will lose few new user.

Excellent news, at least the forum upgrade bit. I however still have to wait until the news is out about what if any fee is required to upgrade to the suite.

Omg yes, wont have to pay for 4, :P.

my license has been expired :( . so for download new version. first i need to renew that account at cost 60$. right?
than i can download ..

Does that also mean that it will now be an open beta instead of closed due to this change, so developers can upgrade their hacks before v4.0 goes gold? As I for one want to get up to speed asap.

No, Alpha/beta is still going to continue as planned.