vB license system filter

[Aurore]

I would like a hack like the vB license system filter to be put on boards that could distribute, for exemple, hacks to license members of vB.

That would be a way to keep away pirates of vB.

Could ne interesting no!?

[filburt1]

It's nice but it won't happen because Jelsoft doesn't just give away its license system to anybody.

[Erwin]

Only selected sites get access to this system. It is for privacy reasons - people have a right to keep their license status private.

[Rose]

I know that when I signed up at vB.org, I knew they would know if I was licensed or not. But I personally wouldn't want just any site to know that and I'd be extremely displeased if Jelsoft were to ever give out that information to just any site. Which I know they won't.

[sabret00the]

just outta interest would it be possible to set up something like this, e.g. if i wanted to run a game on my site and i set up a forum and i only wanted game players (or paying game players)to post and those that didn't meat the specified criteria would get an auto message

[filburt1]

It will involve working with multiple database servers (well, in this case (the license system) everything's localhost, but it's two different dbs). Somewhat complex but not impossible.

[okrogius]

Actually it would be a great use for xml-rpc, or soap. Nothing too complex, if anything at all.

A remote site makes a call with an email address. The central server returns whether the email is found in the database, or not.

As said before, the major concern isn't implementation. It's that whether such a system is really needed, and privacy implications of one.