Thread: Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4
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Old 03-29-2007, 08:10 PM
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Ok everyone, just a little reminder here to those whom it applies and some unfortunate unpleasantness for which I apologise in advance. The copyright notice in the footer is not optional, you cannot remove it yourself or rename it to look like you wrote vB Ad Management yourself.

It's disrespectful to the amount of time I've put into developing it and giving pretty good support if I may say so, it's disrespectful to the honest individuals who paid money in exchange for the right to remove the copyright link and it's disrespectful to everyone who is considerate enough to appreciate the all the above and leave the copyright link displayed in their footer to help out. And that's quite a lot of people. Some of those are very big forums indeed. If they can do it, so can you.

Let me quote from vBulletin's License Agreement:

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The Software may not be used for anything that would represent or is associated with an Intellectual Property violation, including, but not limited to, engaging in any activity that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities.

That is quite clear and it applies to every modification that has been contributed to this forum just as much as it does to anything else. vBulletin can and have before taken action against people who misappropriate other's work here. It is, after all, something of a personal subject to them.

So, if you are removing my copyright link or recrediting it to yourself (believe it or not, I've seen it) then now would really be the time to do the right thing. By which I mean put the link back. I can live with people messing me around, it's not pleasant but that's the way of the Internet. But when I have people giving me their sincere thanks and appreciation and perhaps even donating money as a mark of respect I get upset that there are others who care little enough to do as they please and make fools of those who are decent enough to be honest and I'm quite prepared to even the score on their behalf.

To those whom this does not apply, let me offer my sincerest thanks for your custom and respect of my work. I'm proud to see the amount of quality of the forums the vB Ad Management has been attached to, thank you very much to you all.

Ok, on with the show.
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