VBulletin Free Or Not?

[lynch88]

Hay Is the vBulletin system for free or not? Because I really wanted to use it for my new forum but I cant seem to find how to download it.

 

[Badger]

the license costs $$$ per year me thinks unless you have a *cough* pirated copy..

Did i just say that.. :red:

Actually, phpbb is free, nearly as good and easier to configure (imho)

 

[Ben]

Use PunBB. :]

 

[lynch88]

lol ya i might go for a PunBB forum. I just really liked the vBulletin Mods

lol i just looked up PunBB and i dont like it

 

[armstrong]

for free, try smf - http://simplemachines.org . phpbb's fine, except for its tendency to get hacked.

 

[lynch88]

cool thanks all take a look into it.

Also i found mybb to be a really nice looking system

http://www.mybboard.com

 

[peter phillips]

vBulletin is not free, it's license cost is $160 for a year. If you don't want phpBB then have a look at a few other free ones like SMF and MyBB.

 

[The Equivocate]

vBulletin is not free, it's license cost is $160 for a year.

Actually, it's $85 if you buy a leased license, which you have to renew every year. If you go for the owned license, you pay a one-time fee of $160 to run the software forever. However, access to the members area (to download new software) has to be renewed every year at $30 (maybe it's $35, I don't remember) every single year,

 

[brewmonkey]

Check out http://www.opensourcecms.com/ for a list of forums that should suit your needs.

 

[Epic]

Or go for IPB. $70 for one year and you don't have to renew to keep your board running.

 

[deleted984054565403]

If I had a choice for any I would choose Invision. It has the most support for mods and addons. If you can find a version 2.0.0 somewhere on the web you won't have to pay $70 (when version 2.0.0 came out it was free, it's legal...).

 

[dc1pop]

If I had a choice for any I would choose Invision. It has the most support for mods and addons. If you can find a version 2.0.0 somewhere on the web you won't have to pay $70 (when version 2.0.0 came out it was free, it's legal...).

Debatable. vBulletin.org has loads of mods and now with the vBulletin 3.5.3 you have to do no file edits which you still have to do with IPB so vBulletin is now very easy to upgrade.

 

[Tree]

Check out whichBB.org. It's a pretty good resource for bulletin boards.

 

[Epic]

Debatable. vBulletin.org has loads of mods and now with the vBulletin 3.5.3 you have to do no file edits which you still have to do with IPB so vBulletin is now very easy to upgrade.

Yeah IPB is really hard to upgrade and keep your mods.

 

[Host47]

If you don't own any version of IPB pre license it's illegal to run it...there is a free one just like vBulletin, http://www.ovbb.org/ i think is like vb 2.x.x

 

[deleted984054565403]

If you don't own any version of IPB pre license it's illegal to run it...there is a free one just like vBulletin, http://www.ovbb.org/ i think is like vb 2.x.x

Ok, I'll have to check on that. Last I heard it was legal, I'd hate to mislead someone.

 

[Host47]

see http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=204511&hl=free for confirmation

 

[killaklown]

i heard u can only use it if you had it on your computer or site before it went paid. (but i dont know how they tell if it was on your computer)

 

[Host47]

some hosting accounst with cpanel have ersion 1.2 of IPB which you can use......npt recommended though..

 

[CyXic]

Go for the new IPB 2.1.5! The liscence is cheaper than that for vBulletin.