Nulled Software
- Thread starter mav3n
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I don't see the point in using any types of nulled software. It's first and foremost rude to the developers. You are straight up stealing their work. Second, it has a much easier time towards getting taken down. I wouldn't want to waste my time on a nulled forum to wake up the next morning and find all of my posts gone. It's just pointless and rude in my eyes.
The problem with using nulled software is that one out of two things happen.
1) Your forum succeed, your community grow. And once it's large enough, somebody are going to notice that your running on nulled software. You get shut down.
2) Your forum fail, making the entire effort kind of pointless.
1) Your forum succeed, your community grow. And once it's large enough, somebody are going to notice that your running on nulled software. You get shut down.
2) Your forum fail, making the entire effort kind of pointless.
I've seen a couple of forums on running on nulled software in the past. No point in joining, because the forum in question won't be around for long. All that effort for nothing. It'll drive everyone away knowing that it's against the law. No good will come out of it, so why even bother in the first place? 😛
As a software developer myself, I find this quite annoying. If you don't want to pay, then use open source software. It's as simple as that. Don't use software that you have to pay for unless you are willing to shell out the cash.
Giorgios said:
FYI phpBB is a free, open source software. That's not considered nulled. Nulled would be using a paid software like IPB, VB, XF, whatever paid software license without paying for it. Unless of course you were just kidding, but yeah.
Uncle Smurf
New Arrival
master412160 said:
You earn my support on this.
khachlamat
Familiar Face
shouldnt use nulled software, should use license. 😀
nathanielrsuchy
Reputable
First it's very unprofessional. Second you put the site at legal risk as the forum software makers could send you a copyright notice for using their software without payment. And any court would enforce that and your hosting provider would quickly listen.
R44 said:
It matters because as someone else said, it's not fair to people who are actually running a forum on a legitimate license. It's also not safe because if you purchase all these bells and whistles for your site, and something happens, the host won't be able to help because you're not a real paying customer.
Giorgios said:
:rofl: you really cracked me up @Giorgios phpBB is a free open source software :rofl:
alasnguyen
New Arrival
Actually, Nulled software is not safe. Otherwise, it's illegal
R44 said:
Technically their licenses are purchased to run the script on a website, so if you're running it locally I don't think you're breaking any licenses...but that might be flawed as I haven't actually run a forum script or looked at their TOS in years.
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Another thing to remember guys, is that it's illegal to run nulled software on most hosts. The only way to do it without facing punishment would be to find an offshore host in a country where there is no law against nulled software. That said, most of these hosts that are offshore and allow this are costly... meaning you'd probably spend the same amount of money as the license within a year or two because the offshore hosts are more expensive than the on-shore ones (on-shore meaning hosts based in countries that follow most laws, such as America, England, etc).
So... if you're going to use an offshore host so you can run nulled software, you could probably spend the same amount of money (although more of it is upfront) on the license and go with a cheaper more localized host...The benefit? Your localized host choice will probably serve your site faster to your visitors, and also there's far more "local hosts" that have been around for years than offshore hosts that have been around for years.
I'm pretty sure it's always illegal to use nulled software. If you use an offshore host and live in a country with standard copyright laws, then the software maker could theoretically get a court order to force you to stop using the software on penalty of being jailed for ignoring a court order.
Of course, that's very unlikely to happen. Software makers only really have the resources to harass hosts into deleting your account, assuming the host cooperates with them.
But, to me, even if you live in a country where the copyright laws make it legal, it's still the right thing to pay for the software you use.
Of course, that's very unlikely to happen. Software makers only really have the resources to harass hosts into deleting your account, assuming the host cooperates with them.
But, to me, even if you live in a country where the copyright laws make it legal, it's still the right thing to pay for the software you use.
Matt said:
I agree, it's always better to buy it. However, as far as copyright law goes, It depends on what host you use. Reputable offshore hosts will not release any information to the software developer so the most they can do is have the domain seized... Which would end up with the forum losing a lot of visits from Google and even members (especially those who don't check email).
It's sort of how TPB (I won't link it) loses domains all the time, but pops up under a new domain within hours of having a domain seized.
In my opinion, always do it the legit away.
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