FORUMS - certain facts and questions with respect to everyone

sunandoghosh · Jul-02-2005

FORUMS - certain facts and questions with respect to everyone

open source; language used; source code available; expandibility....

Respected people here,

I am fully aware that there is an old age contoversy as regards phpbb; vbulletin; sm forum; IPB;

I dont want to raise any controversy but just want answers to few questions:

# OUT of Phpbb; vbulletin; simple machines and invision power board:

Q1. Which is open source (meaning whose source code is freely available).....????

Q2. Which requires paying money but with source code...?????

Q2. What language and database each one of them use....?????

I would really really appreciate if someone can reply to all my three questions with respect to all four forums that i have said above....!!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance

Best regards,

sunando

Rob · Jul-02-2005

I can reply to all but SM forum.

1. As of this date, the code is freely available to them.

2. VB and IPB require payment to purchase a license.

3. I am not sure what the coders use to code them, but they are all php scripts and all will run at least on mysql. Not sure if any other db is supported, but I do not believe so.

www.phpbb.com www.vbulletin.com www.invisionboard.com are the links to these three. I am sure the developers will be sure to answer these questions if you prefer to get them from the horses mouth.