Well I was going to say that it is allowed to use, or else sites such as invisionfree.com would not be in service, all they run is ipb 1.3, as the IPB rep stated it does have its security defaults, some people say that they are easy to hack into, so unfortunately that would be your biggest problem. but also ive heard that there are patches for you to download.

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I think you can use it here. You obtain your copy legally and although it is no longer available, you may still use it on your own. I have a few concerns though. For one thing, the bugs with the scripts may be quite open to the public by now and the use of an old scripts may attract attack from everywhere. Secondly, if the scripts are no longer supported, you can't get technical support easily, since no one else may be using your scripts. I would suggest that you use a GPL board instead. Boards like phpBB are used worldwide and you will find peer support easily. Hacks and mods are readily available so I think that's perfect for a freeware.

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