A PM i got from 'albibak'

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I don't generally refuse anyone who is polite enough to ask.

He is not asking for him self. He is asking for others. Those others can be unlicensed users.

[TygerTyger]

Surely though if they are unlicensed it won't matter if they have permission to redistribute the hacks or not, they will be going against Jelsoft's TOS regardless? In which case it hardly matters if they have permission to translate mods, they're in trouble either way.

If they're properly licensed, then it's a simple case of yes you can/no you can't.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by TygerTyger

Surely though if they are unlicensed it won't matter if they have permission to redistribute the hacks or not, they will be going against Jelsoft's TOS regardless? In which case it hardly matters if they have permission to translate mods, they're in trouble either way.

If they're properly licensed, then it's a simple case of yes you can/no you can't.

'albibak' is a licensed member but he is distributing our hacks to anyone.

[albibak]

Abe1, I said that we can protect your hack's translation by the verification system of licence
We do that when a coder want to distribute his hack only for member who has a license
So, you can be sure that our translation of your hack will be protected

[Kirk Y]

Originally Posted by TygerTyger

Surely though if they are unlicensed it won't matter if they have permission to redistribute the hacks or not, they will be going against Jelsoft's TOS regardless? In which case it hardly matters if they have permission to translate mods, they're in trouble either way.

If they're properly licensed, then it's a simple case of yes you can/no you can't.

I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the vB TOS that state distributing hacks for vBulletin is illegal/punishable.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

Abe1,

I'm one of the administrators of vBulletin-france.com/vBulletin-fr.org.

I'm introducing this thread about the PM you received from Albibak who is a member of my team.

We have set up in our forums a unofficial license check who refuse all possibilities to our unlicensed users. This consists to come in a post in this forum and to click in the link in a textbox [code] to be recognize as a licensed user. the only convenient is the member is recognize once for all the life.

You can simply refuse to authorize us (or any forum) to translate your hacks/plugins/products, or you have some other possibilities:

• If your product is 100% phrased, you can allow only to release the French language file of your product, and the member who wants your hack/plugin/product must to go in your hack thread to download it.
• You can allow to release your full releases if you prefer.
• You can allow some of your hacks only too.
• You can also to allow the translation but the French language file can be downloadable only in your hack thread.
• You can refuse with tell us you don't want to be contacted in the future.

You have a lot of possibilities, just let us know what you prefer

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Abe1

'albibak' is a licensed member but he is distributing our hacks to anyone.

Correct, but only if you give him permission to do so - I really fail to see the problem - if you don't like the idea then don't give him permission - it's that simple - what's the reason for all the fuss ?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Abe1

'albibak' is a licensed member but he is distributing our hacks to anyone.

If you have proof that someone is redistributing materials with permission of the original author, then either warn the author about this, or send a PM to one of our staff members. If there is no proof of this, i would appreciate that you don't make such accusations.

Having that said, and having all parties already responded in here, i think it is time to close this thread.