Hi Guys!

My first question today, is this statement a legal requirement, or can it be removed while customising your forum?

All the best,

Cal

[@tiago-s Member 16 years ago]

It’s open source, you can remove it. (I think?)

Still, there are lots of places you can’t put such a statement in. It’s polite to talk about those whose work you benefited from. An about page on your blog/forum with a link would be enough. Or maybe somewhere near where you put your advertising, a link with the logo of bbpress. Unitrusive and can even be pretty if you make a nice banner.

[@_ck_ Participant 16 years ago]

It’s encouraged but not required.

[@calman Member 16 years ago]

Thank you so much guys! .. that’s a great help on my very first question. *thumbs up*

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years ago]

bbPress is GPL v2, so they can’t *require* you to display it. If you haven’t been watching, there’s a huge discussion going on regarding WordPress and premium themes, the GPL, etc.

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 16 years ago]

Where is this discussion taking place? I’m always game for a good discussion!

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years ago]

Some thoughts on the WordPress community, themes, and the GPL

http://spectacu.la/wordpressorg-pull-200-gpl-themes/

http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/17/matt-the-gpl-and-more/

There’s a two hour interview there with Matt Mullenweg. He discusses premium themes, the GPL, WordPress, BuddyPress and even bbPress (although he seemed somewhat out of touch with bbPress.)

I should have said that the bulk of the discussion was 2 weeks ago