As quite a few of you are aware, Infopop has changed its policy allowing modification of any new freeware version UBB's downloaded from its website. I do not know when exactly this took place, but most likely in the last week. You cannot modify in any way the freeware version of UBB, it is for testing purposes only.
Those of you who already have freeware UBB's are still able to modify your files under the old policy, but no-one can modify new downloads, period.
This came about for several reasons... mostly, because the "modifications" found in most freeware databases were apparently code lifted straight from full version UBB software.
I am at least partially at fault for not paying that much attention to the freeware forums. We are making some changes here to address this.
- The freeware forums will be re-opened, but the admins (and freeware moderators) will be monitoring more closely what is happening there.
- The freeware database will remained closed until it is sorted out, the good from the bad. This may take a while, please be patient.
- While we are not the UBB Police (and Infopop has stressed on more than one occasion that they aren't asking us to be the IP), we will not hesitate to delete the threads and user accounts of those who push us on this. Your board will also be reported to Infopop and your ISP.
Thank you for being patient (well, most of you anyways), but I hope you can understand our position and Infopop's right to protect their intellectual property. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you,
Allen Ayres
Admin - ubbdev.com
