[SpeedStreet]

Originally Posted by FASherman

It is not a sublicense. It doesn't allow the user who creates the forum to establish any policy.

Whatever my policies are regarding user registration, avatar usage, group memberships, attachments, PMs, calendars, etc are inherited by the newly created forum. Linking has no bearing. VB allows one to create forums that are really links, hence they already stipulate to the use of cross-linking sites within the software. It is immaterial whether that occurs in a header - which many forums do through banner ads, or as the forum.

Remember, they can't create a forum and control it as they see fit. They can merely create subforums and assign styles. Plain and simple. That very limited functionality will not stand up in court as a sublicensing.

Perhaps you should see the hack.

You have alot of control over forums. You can create forums, categories, subforums, etc. You have TOTAL control over the display of forums and content in your subforum. What you do not have control over are global options...and that is where the gray areas are.