[Spinball]

Originally Posted by Paul M

JFYI, The next set of updates includes a review of the modification tick boxes. Two new ones are currently planned - one to show that translations are allowed to be released on other authorised sites, and one to allow other coders to take over and/or release modified versions. I stress that they are planned options atm, we still haven't finalised any details (therefore, there is no eta or guarantee on what will finally be included).

Well that's good news.

Originally Posted by Dismounted

That's still no reason top breach the Copyright Act.

Anyone can ask the author for permission to continue to develop their modifications. We're not stopping you from doing that.

oh for the love of god. It's like talking to a brick wall.

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Let me make a few things clear:

Copyright is not something that we (vB.org) invented or put inplaceto annoy anyone. It is international law.

As a former professional musician and current podcast producer, I am well aware of copyright law, thank you. My point is that I think the vB.org team may be using it as an excuse to be less helpful than they could be when it comes to resurrecting needed mods.

Originally Posted by Dan

Won't happen all mods released here are property of the author, vBulletin.org CANNOT give permission for anyone to take over the mods.

Not for current mods. But you could change your T+Cs to state that any mods submitted here, may be adopted and modified (with credit to the original author) if the original author is unable or unwilling to supply updates when they are needed.
E.g. if a mod is rendered inactive by a new version of vB, and the author is uncontactable, then the community can modify the mod.

It seems like common sense to me.