[katie hunter]

Originally Posted by Barcham

If the founders of XF were former employees at VB, why were they not bound by a non-disclosure/non-competition clause in their contracts? I've been working in the computer business as a hardware specialist for 35 years and such contracts are a standard thing, especially in the software end of the business. If they were bound by such a contract, VB needs better lawyers who would make certain they were enforced. IF they were not bound by such a contract, VB/IB made a serious error and tough luck - deal with it.

Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd sold VB to IB - Internet Brands and this clause in the contract couldn't have not been mentioned in Jelsoft contract. We don't know the terms of their contract.

But yes Kier and Mike use to work for Vb and Kier was the lead developer actually. Just imagine the opportunity they ceased when creating Xenforo, no need for marketing especially when VB 5.x had so many issues. That is why i said they were opportunist, many have missed looking at the entire story from a factual point of view and just bashed VB because of IB miss management of VB 5.x.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBulletin

- On 4 July 2007 Jelsoft announced that Jelsoft had been acquired by Internet Brands, which promised significant investment in software development.

- In 2009, long-time developers Kier Darby, Mike Sullivan, Scott MacVicar and Jeremy Hutchings left the company. Kevin Sours, Don Kuramura, and Ray Morgan took Darby's place as lead developer, product manager, and general manager, respectively