Why are vb.org's mods getting ripped/redistributed?

i have to correct you Regs.... Paul ALWAYS hits the nail...







hey, that looks like a VISA ads... lol

[lasto]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Access to any forum is a privledge granted by the forum owners/administrators, and can be removed by them at any time. You have no automatic right of access.

well finally i have to agree with someone as ive been at the recieving end of having my access restricted.

But somehow i still dont feel privledge

When i have to pay for something then Privledge does not come into it and without paying for it or even needing the software then the site becomes obsolete.

In all fairness this board should feel privledged to have some of the fine coders that have made this place their home and then ashamed of letting the con aritsts have a free reign.

ok, so the staff here have to be ashamed of letting people leech the site?

hum, ok, i missed something now... are you telling me it's Paul's fault if there is not enough anti-piracy politics on the planet?!

PAAAAUUUUULLLLLL

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by lasto

regardless of jelsofts role - i do not see access to this site as a Privledge.
If u feel privledge every time u log in then you maybe you need to get a life

Hands up all those who feel warm and rosey and Very Privledge when they vist vb.org ?

Hand UP

I love this site, I love helping others but hate the tactless few on here who put others down 24/7 instead of developing or contributing to the community themselves.

Originally Posted by Shelley_c

Vb will not die, or more specific vb.org won't. Coders, designers will leave and 10 will pop up in their place and evolve into advance coders who's abilities will get better and better thus contributing better and better content. The org is community driven which is a big factor why it's such a successful site to the point we see copycat sites pop up who will always try to be what vb.org is.

You may have seen it all before but in my opinion the org is different. There are motivated people who will continue to contribute to a site whether or not content is being stolen because often than not the source files are held by the authors not the stealing sites that enduces people to come here/register here to receive modifications of their graphics and styles and support for the scripts they choose to install.


Site's may become stagnated, but designers/coders will never halt in making their submissions. The site is free to an extent sure you still have to own a license but it's free in the way that after your purchase people post their 3rd party addons for free which makes the future of this site strong both for this site and more for jelsoft.

Without this site, jelsoft would not get as many customers as they do or atleast that's merely my opinion in making that statement.

Look @ me for an example, seriously... last year this time, I knew 1/8th of what I know now and I learn more every weekend it amazes me. So 1 good coder leaves and 9 more of me pops up... you would be better off staying and battling it out lol or well seeing as I have been posting lately maybe not (J/K).

All good points, all good statements even from Lasto who has to disagree with most rofl... I still wuv you, just like my wife... hard headed and stubborn. What it all boils down to is good vs bad... morals/ethics the lot of it and think about it - Not all hackers/pirates/thieves were that way since they were born. CHOICE and whether you make the right one is what matters no matter how else you try to disguise it or cover it up. It's our actions that define US not everyone else as well so loopholes are everywhere we might as well get used to it until we all blend together as one planet and start exploring the universe but then we will have to deal w/ Klingons and Vulcans and the BS will be back!

ROFL... serious and yet not serious but take it w/ a grain of salt will you eh?

[Dismounted]

Originally Posted by lasto

But somehow i still dont feel privledge

I think you're taking the word "privilege" in a different way. You're taking it as something very, very special. Say, for example, the best seats at a footy match. Privilege, the way we are talking about it, is the opposite of "un-restricted" (kind of...).

[hambil]

Well, I'm here to 1) have fun and 2) try to make a few bucks.

I've never seen a rip off site that was even remotely fun, so there goes #1. And, people who don't pay for vBulletin and have to get mods from rip sites are certainly not going to pay for anything else, so that rules out #2.

I just ignore them. They aren't my audience, and nobody who goes there is my audience, or was ever going to be anyway.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by lasto

When i have to pay for something then Privledge does not come into it and without paying for it or even needing the software then the site becomes obsolete.

In all fairness this board should feel privledged to have some of the fine coders that have made this place their home and then ashamed of letting the con aritsts have a free reign.

Once more, you don't pay for access to the vbulletin.org forums (or the vB.com forums). You only purchased a license that allows you to use vBulletin and to receive support using the support ticket system. Everything else is not what you have paid for. Access to the forums can be denied to anyone at any time.

[veenuisthebest]

I was surprised to see the toksta mod I released yesterday at vb.org, got posted at vbteam in not more than 5 minutes with the attachments and all. How was this done? It even ranks good in google.

btw the one who has posted this has a vbseo logo avatar

[Xphusion]

well its kinda clear that someone here with a license is delivering all the new mods to them

[lasto]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Once more, you don't pay for access to the vbulletin.org forums (or the vB.com forums). You only purchased a license that allows you to use vBulletin and to receive support using the support ticket system. Everything else is not what you have paid for. Access to the forums can be denied to anyone at any time.

but if im not licensed i cannot access the forums and i cant be licensed without paying for the software.