How can I renew my licence for 3.8.4?

[gateshield]

Hello,
My VB 3.8.4 licence will be expired soon but I do not plan to upgrade my forum to VB 4 in nearest future.
I opened renewal page from my member page but did not find any option to renew 3.0 without upgrading to 4.х.
If I choose 'No Upgrade' in "Upgrade Options" the process can not be finished because "Total: $0.00"

How can I renew my licence for 3.8.4?

[Zachery]

No upgrade means you want to leave the license as is.

You can upgrade to the v4 classic, or v4 suite.

[beishe8]

[ATTACH]43704[/ATTACH]Hello,
My VB 3.8.4 licence will be expired soon but I do not plan to upgrade my forum to VB 4 in nearest future.
I opened renewal page from my member page but did not find any option to renew 3.0 without upgrading to 4.х.
If I choose 'No Upgrade' in "Upgrade Options" the process can not be finished because "Total: $0.00"

How can I renew my licence for 3.8.4?

You cannot renew it,have to upgrade to vB4.

[gateshield]

Does vb4 license include license for vb 3.х ?

[beishe8]

Does vb4 license include license for vb 3.х ?

You can download and use it if you prefer to do it.

[topprospect16]

So if you do not upgrade and keep 3.8 what do you pay?

[Ramsesx]

So if you do not upgrade and keep 3.8 what do you pay?

If your license is expired you pay the full price.

[topprospect16]

If your license is expired you pay the full price.

What exactly happens if I do not renew? Does my board fall off the face of the Earth?

[Reeve of Shinra]

You can continue running the version you currently have for as long as like assuming you have an owned license already.

[gateshield]

So I can run 3.8 after my license expired?
License expiration means that I am not able to get updates and hotfixes, but my license current will be valid forever?

[Reeve of Shinra]

So I can run 3.8 after my license expired?
License expiration means that I am not able to get updates and hotfixes, but my license current will be valid forever?

Correct as long as you have an "owned" license.
If you leased it, then you cannot continue running vb3.x

[feldon23]

A 3.8 license is worthless once download access to new releases ends. You must buy a brand new vBulletin 4 license, even if you only want to run 3.8.x.

[Loco.M]

A 3.8 license is worthless once download access to new releases ends.

wrong...

you can still run your 3.8 forum like you've been doing, you just won't have access to updates
it's certainly not "worthless"

This is assuming you have an owned license

[Zachery]

A 3.8 license is worthless once download access to new releases ends. You must buy a brand new vBulletin 4 license, even if you only want to run 3.8.x.

This is completely and totally false. An owned license allows you to run the software forever. Please don't spread fud feldon.

[Kaelon]

This is completely and totally false. An owned license allows you to run the software forever. Please don't spread fud feldon.

Feldon's point, which is accurate and not "fud", is that even an "owned" license for 3.8.x becomes "worthless" once download access expires, because users will lose access to patches and software updates for vBulletin 3.8.x series. They must purchase a new license/upgrade license to 4.x, even if they want to continue getting support for the "owned" 3.8.x license.

That's not fud -- it may be unfair and unpopular, but it is an accurate description of IB's licensing policy with regards to older vBulletin versions.