AnyBoard License Terms & Conditions

AnyBoard is NOT free software, use of AnyBoard requires a license issued by Netbula LLC. 

Benefits of purchasing a license: you get the lastest and more featured version of AnyBoard. The free and silver version are missing some features.

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License Type	Brief Description	Terms & Conditions	Price
Free	Design to offer you most of the powerful features of AnyBoard at no cost. Features include: threaded/non-threaded, framed/non-framed board, configurable chat room with icons, fully configurable look & feel, fully configurable message page, emoticons, site search engine and generic broken link finder, forum search engine, close/open thread, intergrated file-upload, spell-checker, block user by IP, bad word filter and auto-ban, user registration, message editing by user, rating, email notification to users, email alerts, request password by email, online user tracker, list/notify all users from master admin panel. and many, many more. Missing some features (see Silver description) . It is far more powerful than other bbs out there.	Create up to 5 message boards in one domain name. The catch: must show Netbula Logo linked to http://netbula.com/anyboard/ on forum page.	$0 Free
Silver	Features in addition to Free version: control file upload type/size, control number of posting by user, user type/status control, user management, email validation, email friend, private messages, block by domain, allow admin to edit message, notify admin on new post, read counter, group interface, link submission, member profile, recovery/backup, multiple moderators, collapase/expand threads, archive messages (to read only).	Create up to 10 message boards in one domain name.	$195
Gold	Including the following features in addition to Silver: iconizer, pre-moderation, file distribution by mail, form mail, rolling news, message category, event scheduling, auto-purge and archive, online poll, chat digest, block user by track, copy thread among forums, multiple file upload, global banner control, user database export/import.	Create up to 20 message boards in one domain.	$1200
Platinum	The same features as Gold.	Create up to 100 message boards under one domain name.  mod_perl compatible.	$5500
Site Runner	Run a large forum hosting community site like AnyBoard.net, where you can add/manage forum categories and allow users to build forums. It offers flexible control of the site and individual forums. It also suppots scrolling news.	Unlimited boards under one domain name.	$250000 Contact sales

When you upgrade to a high license later, you get 50% of the price you paid as credit. When upgrade, you only need to swap the old script with the new one, your existing AnyBoard forums will function without interruption, only with more functionality.

To obtain the non-free Editions of AnyBoard, you must register and purchase the respective license. Only the free version can be downloaded directly.

In all cases, the licensee must retain the program's CGI file basename (AnyBoard) to allow users to identify the program.