This is too blatant, I'm angry =/

[N9ne]

www.mybboard.com (http://www.mybboard.com)

The forums, honestly, made me think it was vB3 for a second. They've copied features, style, etc. I know it's not a rip but it's a blatant imitation...I don't know what can be done about things like this, but it's practically making fun of vB3 by being free...and looking exactly the same...

edit:

Their adminCP has this text:

You are either not a valid administrator or have not logged in

Direct match to vB's text in the adminCP...

It's as if they just took a vBulletin and modified it, they didn't even create it themselves...

[okrogius]

So, if a webmaster adds a form to their website they should be hanged? After all... forms would not be their original creation. Or perhaps is it illegal to add a logo in top left corner, since so many people did it before you?

Seriously.... there are practically no simularities between vb3 and mybboard. Sure it uses a simular layout in some places, but see first paragraph.

[filburt1]

It looks fine to me. All forum templates nowadays look the same, and that's a completely common statement...

[MUG]

They are using Infopop's images for the forum status indicators...

[N9ne]

Look at forumhome footer.
Forumdisplay footer.
Postbit.
Wording in several places.

My point is it seems as if they've taken a vB and modified it, not created theirs from scratch.

[Brian Briscoe]

Well, it does look a bit suspicious.

[Dr Shark]

I have to agree with N9ne on this one, the board is the closest to vbulletin i've ever seen.
the file names are the same, postbits, getinfo, etc are the same.
you can't say this doesn't look like the getinfo here
http://community.mybboard.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=lastposter&fid=1

http://community.mybboard.com/private.php
look at the log in screen exactly the same wording as vbulletin.

edit: changed fusion to n9ne.;)

[Brian Briscoe]

I have to agree with fusion on this one, the board is the closest to vbulletin i've ever seen.
the file names are the same, postbits, getinfo, etc are the same.
you can't say this doesn't look like the getinfo here
http://community.mybboard.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=lastposter&fid=1

http://community.mybboard.com/private.php
look at the log in screen exactly the same wording as vbulletin.
Thats almost exact! Shame Shame...

[UHN_ED]

Why doesn't someone download it and compare the code?

[vBR]

Why doesn't someone download it and compare the code?There is no download yet. It's private
Kind'a like vB3.

[fury]

Sometimes there's only one good way to do something, and if there's a different way to do it it's either too complicated or too unorthodox and would be too confusing. I don't see how it could be compared to vBulletin except in some of the way the style is laid out. There in fact seems to be more style based off of Invision Board than vBulletin. Take a look at the user CP for example.

[fury]

A lot of the functionality is different too. The report post, the go to last post link, it looks like they're building the search engine page from scratch because they've not got working find member's posts links, and typing in search.php directly on the URL takes you to a non-functional search page that looks to be pretty beefy with options.

Hey, I might just try this thing out when it arrives. http://smilies.xibase.com/beerbang.gif

[Wayne Luke]

It looks about as close to vBulletin 3.0 as the current phpBB and Invision Board do.

It has a few similar features like quick reply but there is not even a standard toolbar for editing posts, let alone a WYWISG editor. The Member's List and Calendar are no where near as close. There is no indication of sub-forums. There is a lot more that is missing.

I think any similarities are superficial.

[Hitomi]

well from what i saw i think there might be a chance that its a rip there is no telling untill you look at the source code and also you could also tell if the template system i done though a db like vb but there is not tell tell i ask them

[filburt1]

The file naming conventions are the same, even the URL arguments (except userid is replaced with uid, threadid is replaced with tid, etc.). Of course that means nothing if the source code is completely different.

[Thomas P]

There's even a fliburt there :p

[Erwin]

Even if the source code is different, if the layout and function is the same, they may still be infringing Jelsoft's patent rights... only if Jelsoft has patented their forum's business methods... (which is now patentable it would appear especially in the US)...

[edeneus]

rrgggggggggggggggggggg

[Marco]

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Thanks for your valuable input.

[Slynderdale]

There are already several posts about this topic. The developers already know about myboard.com.

You can find the thread here:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89371



I'd like to see a vB dev have a few words on this?
You'd rather have them stop work on vB3 to comment? Why?

We are aware of this issue and will do whatever is necessary to protect our intellectual property. Further public comments are not necessary.
I see no point in continuing this topic after it has already been discussed several times. All that this discussion is doing is giving more coverage to myboard.com. Alot of non-licensed users browse this board, what if they come across this thread and find the link to myboard and they decide to get that instead of vbulletin. All this thread is doing is promoting myboard.com further, even if that wasn't the purpose when you posted this thread.

Personally, I feel that this matter was discussed enough in the several threads I found concerning myboard.com. As Steve stated before, no further public comments are necessary.