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Member
(Except the .exe files) just in one big .ZIP plz!
Administrator
Unfortunately, we're not releasing the source code for this website. However, what I can tell you that we used the Transit theme by Templated, a similar architecture to Mod Share, and that FutureBB is integrated with the rest of the site.
Member
Why not?
Administrator
The source code is proprietary because we do not want other people copying it or misusing it.
Member
The same could be said for Mod Share which you released. You trust me right? Please?
Administrator
Mod Share is a community-oriented project, though. This is a place where we provide our software.
Member
Still doesn't address the point. It doesn't matter what you used the site for as much as what it actually IS.
Administrator
However, given the nature of this website, we are keeping the code private. Please stop asking for the code, we are not going to provide it.
Member
I stopped asking for it a while ago, I was asking other things, e. g. why the "nature" plays a role in this at all
Administrator
The fact that Mod Share is a community website means that it is designed as a place for people to interact and communicate with each other, and it was a website where everything was completely transparent, so releasing the source code helped people improve upon it. However, FST serves as a platform to distribute our software, which is a different goal, and releasing the source code doesn't help us further that goal.
Member
Yes it does, because it could be one of your softwares
Administrator
A fair amount of our software is also proprietary, though.
Member
Yes, but all of *that* was just alternatives to something else I could find. This isn't.
Administrator
There are plenty of website frameworks out there, and you're welcome to program your own. However, to preserve the fact that our website is a FST project (and exclusively a FST project), we are keeping it proprietary.
Member
But lots of other fst projects (such as Insanity) are open source.
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