Release stop

[Lennart]

[Disciple of Nagash]

Hi Lennart - I have just read through the thread and I am a little puzzled - am I right in thinking that the new possible licence MyBB are on about using would make it illegal to make paid plugins?

Could you explain it in layman's terms?

[Lennart]

Some people do think, that if MyBB is under GPL must mean that all MyBB plugins are under GPL too.
I personally don't think so because the plugins do not use MyBB code and they do not include MyBB - they are included by MyBB instead.

If the plugins would have to be GPL that would mean everybody would get the right to share and resell them once he bought them and that would clearly be the end for sites like this one.

[Disciple of Nagash]

Ok, well hopefully it will work out so you can still make plugins that cannot be resold.

In the meantime will you still be providing support for existing plugins?

[Lennart]

I'll of course provide support for all existing plugins at the moment and the forum will stay open as long as possible, I do not plan to close it!

[SlapShot]

I really hope this policy doesn't negatively impact the paid plugin community but in the event that you're not able to restrict people from posting the code elsewhere, you can still limit support and hopefully continue to make $ that way to keep the website operational.

[Lennart]

Finally we got some informations about the plans of the MyBB Team.

They want to switch the license of MyBB to LGPL with the release of 1.6 Final.
However, I'll most likely not be allowed to post new threads about my plugin releases so you will have to check out MybbAddons.com for new plugin releases

This does also mean that there will be new releases but probably not before 1.6 is released and MyBB is under LGPL.

Best regards
Lennart Sauter

[Disciple of Nagash]

That’s great to hear Lennart

So we can continue to look forward to getting great plugins & addons from you. Plus hopefully you will still be able to look into that personal request for the shop functions for me (hint hint )

I don’t really browse the normal MyBB plugins anyway, the best ones I have found have been on paid sites such as this.

[scarface]

Wow missed a hell of a lot since i have been away, at least things are now more clearer...... Look forward for more sophisticated add ons from lennart - he rocks

[Disciple of Nagash]

So Lennart do you know how long we will have to wait until we can expect anymore plugins or mods?

I was hoping to get my shop up and running in the next month or so