Firstly for you to know ... I payed for this jcow community software and I'm pleased I did!!! because it is a very powerful CNS (community network Solution) I think I made new term just now!!

Secondly
There was a thread opened till about some hourse ago that one I do not recall who was asking that he made by himself a forum application for jcow but he can not attach it to the jcow CNS and I posted some hints for him ... the thread is no longer exist !!!! deleted banned I do not know ... this is not good jcow team !!! the CNS is your sun if someone trying to feed make him comfort not hush him away ... maybe his forum is better than the paid one and you can buy this new one from him and redistribute it with jcow !!!

Thirdly

the more application comming from contributers the more popular your software will be among websiters (the people who owns websites) and that how phpbb3 and vbuilten is growing every day althouhg the second one is not free but it is open source and people develop addons for it ... sometime you only see the bottom tag to knew this is vbuilten!!!! so be oprn minded to the future of your son do not kill with extra care !!! you decided to make it open source we did not ask for that ... so keep your arms open for the up-comming fuids of small changes and mods and apps from many many programmers around the globe .

Please do not see this as bad impression see it as advise from old programmers that start programming with dbase III+ and Ca-Clipper 5.3 (1989-1997) till now trying to learn php for websites (2006- now) focus on developing the core and make us pay for the consultancy and let as many as contributors develop add-ons and apps for you .. if you want to make control for the apps and add-ons it is your right to do so by making them deliver it firstly to special box then you revise it then make a certificate for the good one and kick out the bad!!!

Adil

Hi Adil,
Thanks for you comments.
We do encourage our users to contribute their works. Actually we are launching a "Directory" application to Jcow community, which allow Jcow members to share their modules/templates easily.

As for the application you mentioned, it was not developed by the user, it was previously released by Jcow, under the license of [url]http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/[/url]
Per the license, users may not modify it. That thread is teaching user how to modify it, so I closed it.

Thank you Vincent for making Jcow open source :)

This can only be a good thing because it can allow more developers which is faster growth for the application :)
Like Adil says, take a look at the success of phpBB and the countless sites that use that script (I run a phpBB site too), one day Jcow can be as huge a success with millions of users around the world :)

I paid $300 for the Jcow Ultimate package with the notion that I could adapt the code to what I want to achieve in my site and that I could use it for my other sites. After a while I decided to confirm with Jcow but received a shocking news (See conversation below), can someone please advice:

MY FIRST QUESTION

I bought Jcow Ultimate package and would like to know the following:

1. As an open source code, what are the limits in terms of how much of my Jcow code I can change or adapt to the needs of the social network website I have.

2. How many seperate social network sites can I create with the Jcow Ultimate package I paid for?

Looking forward to your response.
Thanks.

JCOW REPLY

Hi,
Jcow Ultimate is relased under "commercial license"(not opensource license). Per the license agreement, you can only install it in One domain/site.

My 2ND FOLLOW UP QUESTION

Hi,

What you have written is contrary to what a member of you staff told me.
I have been told it is an open source license and I bought it for $300, which is the most expensive package you have in your stock.

Can you investigate my package further and give me a response. I will also put this conversation in the forum.

Your response is urgent and important to ascertain I have not been mislead into paying so much money.

1. You seem to have ignored the question on the extent the source code can be adapted. Can I also have your name.

Thanks