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Mihailo
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phpbb website

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https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb-website

that means that we can use phpbb website clone? is that right?
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Have you even read it fully?
Setting up the website
  1. Clone the repository ...
Why do you ask when it is already said in the manual? Just do it.
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Yes, I saw that. It's weird..everyone can have a phpbb clone now. What's the point?
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Mihailo wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:38 pm veryone can have a phpbb clone
Not true - there some aspects of this site that are not on Github, so it will only be a partial clone.

Anyway it is no different that everybody using the prosilver style in the core - all sites will have the same look and feel.
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david63 wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:08 pm
Mihailo wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:38 pm veryone can have a phpbb clone
Not true - there some aspects of this site that are not on Github, so it will only be a partial clone.
all of the website is on github, just not everything in public repositories :)
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it is not a crime ;)
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any website that use it? url would be nice.

thank you for the replies.
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The principle of publishing the source code for the phpBB website isn't intended to allow people to make clone websites as you suggest, but rather to allow people to freely contribute to help improve the phpBB website, learn from the source code or even use components from the source code in your own projects. This principle is the same for any website that decides to publish its source code under a GPL or MIT licence. It doesn't give you the right to create a website to pass off as them though.
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bastones wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:46 am The principle of publishing the source code for the phpBB website isn't intended to allow people to make clone websites as you suggest, but rather to allow people to freely contribute to help improve the phpBB website, learn from the source code or even use components from the source code in your own projects. This principle is the same for any website that decides to publish its source code under a GPL or MIT licence. It doesn't give you the right to create a website to pass off as them though.
What you see on github (phpbb website) is just a symfony project. Anyone can create it in just few mins with composer or symfony app)
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So may I use it or not? :) May I publish my own site?
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Mihailo wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:25 pm So may I use it or not? :) May I publish my own site?
You have already been given the answer
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Not true - there some aspects of this site that are not on Github, so it will only be a partial clone.



It doesn't give you the right to create a website to pass off as them though.

Confused.
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Anything that is on Github you can use, subject to the applicable license.

What you cannot do is to create a website that looks/acts/appears to be phpBB.com
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Mihailo wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:22 pmIt doesn't give you the right to create a website to pass off as them though
Of course not, anyone wanting to copy and pass themselves off as phpBB is up to no good in my opinion.
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The license of the website is clearly shown on the github link, so if you read that, you can understand what you can do with it and what you can't.
Keep in mind that this is not the full site (It doesn't include specific private pages), and as such it might not work. We also won't be able to provide any support when using it.
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