i know this was talking about a while back and i dont know if a mod was made or anything but i would like it so there would be a random keycode generator that will prevent automatic script registrations. the user would type in a series of numbers that show up when they are trying to register.

justin any chance this can be implemented in a release?

I've done several hours of research on it and can't find a good, independant and GPL'd way of doing this.  I don't know any knowledge about the GD module.    I've looked into it, but I'm just not sure how to do it.  I want it to work on ALL servers.

Could you use Fly to achieve this...
http://martin.gleeson.com/fly/
I think this may do the trick, and so long as the copyright info is displayed it can be use for free.

Mike.

I have this feature on one of my test sites, wrote it a while back but not made it into a mod yet. Its only a few lines of extra code so I'll probably make a mod at the weekend.

http://www.pchelp4free.myby.co.uk/forum/Blah.pl?v-register/

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Could you use Fly to achieve this...
http://martin.gleeson.com/fly/
I think this may do the trick, and so long as the copyright info is displayed it can be use for free.

Mike.

I'm reposting this comment, since for some reason I can't see my previous posts.

E-Blah is released under the GNU Public Licence (GPL), this means that it is free software (as is free speech), not simply "for free" which only means you can use it without paying a fee (as in free beer).

One of the freedoms that the GPL gives you is to adapt the E-Blah source code to work to make E-Blah work the way you want it to.  This means all of the code running E-Blah, including (in E-Blah) the bit that puts a copyright statement on your website.

You MUST leave copyright statements that are included in the source code as comments (if you are redistributing E-Blah), but change anything you like in the code that runs the programme.  Any changes that you make are also covered by the GPL, if you decide to distribute your ammended version of E-Blah.

You may also distribute E-Blah for a fee, as long as you also offer the source code, leave the copyright statements as comments in the source code (adding your own statement if you've added/changed anything) and bundle it with the GPL licence.  Anyone you distribute it to also inherits rights under the GPL and may change the code and redistribute it under the GPL.

Bottom line:  the GPL grants you the right to remove or change the code in E-Blah including the copyright statement that gets printed at the bottom of webpages in it's default installation.

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I'm reposting this comment, since for some reason I can't see my previous posts.

E-Blah is released under the GNU Public Licence (GPL), this means that it is free software (as is free speech), not simply "for free" which only means you can use it without paying a fee (as in free beer).

One of the freedoms that the GPL gives you is to adapt the E-Blah source code to work to make E-Blah work the way you want it to.  This means all of the code running E-Blah, including (in E-Blah) the bit that puts a copyright statement on your website.

You MUST leave copyright statements that are included in the source code as comments (if you are redistributing E-Blah), but change anything you like in the code that runs the programme.  Any changes that you make are also covered by the GPL, if you decide to distribute your ammended version of E-Blah.

You may also distribute E-Blah for a fee, as long as you also offer the source code, leave the copyright statements as comments in the source code (adding your own statement if you've added/changed anything) and bundle it with the GPL licence.  Anyone you distribute it to also inherits rights under the GPL and may change the code and redistribute it under the GPL.

Bottom line:  the GPL grants you the right to remove or change the code in E-Blah including the copyright statement that gets printed at the bottom of webpages in it's default installation.

Thanks for writing, but you've got it wrong, unfortunatly.

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I have a question about the GNU/GPL license. There is a program called PHP-Nuke that has been released under this license. (This program can be found at http://www.phpnuke.org) This program is a content management system that provides the structure for a website along with the means to administer that site.
What I would like to know is this: if I use this PHPNuke program to create my website, must the copyright notice (that is included at the bottom of each page that is created with PHPNuke) remain there in order to remain in compliance with this license? There is also a copyright notice within the source code files themselves.

---------->" Yes. See section 2c of the GPL for details."

This subject came up a while back at PHPNuke.org and no-one seemed to know the real answer. I have spent quite sometime reading over your license and can't definitively figure out this answer for myself. (I had questions such as: is the output from a program like this truly considered interactive or not?)
Please let me know. I don't want to remove the copyright footers on the output pages if I am not legally allowed to do so.
Thanks in advance for your clarification on this matter.

--------> "I think a web-based message board clearly reads commands interactively.
So, if there is such a notice, you can't remove it. But you could alter its form, so long as it is still appropriate.

-Dave Turner
Free Software Licensing Guru
This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, see a lawyer." "

Taken from: http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4947

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Thanks for writing, but you've got it wrong, unfortunatly.



Taken from: http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4947

I wouldn't rely upon that as some sort of proof.  Fortunately I am correct in stating that the copyright statement included in E-Blah is unenforcable under the GPL.

Even if it's decided that in some places the software is being run "interactively", the copyright statement;

"Copyright 2001-2006 E-Blah. All Rights Reserved"

is not in compliance with the requirements of the GPL.

All of the code in GPLed software is required to be modifiable, including any GPL compliant notices in the output.  Where the GPL states that certain notices may be required to be shown when a programme is run interactively (incidentally, does E-Blah actually run in a terminal window?) this does not equate to "here is a chunk of code that may not be modified in any way".

Whether or not the GPL says this or that, I think it's lame for someone to put up such an argument about having to display the link to eblah. You don't like it? Go somewhere else. Only inferiour webmasters fear showing their users what they are using.

"If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run"

program: a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
read: to load information, especially files, from a disk, to make it accessible from within a software package
commands: The instructions embedded into a database or computer program that result in an operation being performed.
interactively: Referring to programs or applications that respond directly to the user, taking instructions and giving feedback

Every page on eBlah is reading commands from the URL parameters interactively. There is no static pages. The whole thing dynamically changes every page. The script is run EVERY TIME someone visits the page.