Comments on: MyBB has a legal run-in with XennoBB

By: Community Wise « Community Wise

Community Wise « Community Wise — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:27:14 +0000

[...] XennoBB It does not end there for XennoBB and the Xenno Project Manager (Os) Theres more.. [...]

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:55:28 +0000

Yes, the team split and another project was created; XennoBB itself has been dead since, so seems Osgiliath to be too.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:41:49 +0000

Did anyone notice, that his website is offline now???

By: RetroDude

RetroDude — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:09:24 +0000

Osgiliath has been kicked out of the development team. We have removed any sources of download of the old BB and CMS. We are starting afresh. From scrap with a new development team. OS has nothing to do with us anymore. We are trying to clear our name and i apologise for OS’s behaviour, although i do this myself not on behalf of anyone else even though i know they feel the same. I didnt know about this issue until 4 or 5 days ago, because of my inactivity on the forums.

By: Dane

Dane — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:09:43 +0000

I love how when registering on the Xenno Forums, they spelt “forum” as “form”. It looks like what it is…a complete rip. They suck. Any updates Chris?

By: Bryce

Bryce — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:29:53 +0000

Just a follow up on this story, the Themes resource http://www.xenno themes.com has started with ripping an eXtreme Styles theme. God will these people never end. Although, I have to admit, it is a nice bunch of features *slaps myself*

By: Tikitiki

Tikitiki — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:52:48 +0000

You know what I just found out? http://search.securityfocus.com/swsearch?query=xennobb&sbm=/&submit=Search!&metaname=alldoc&sort=swishlastmodified

A whole ton of vulnerabilities discovered by Chris, and reported to xennon. You’d think they’d owe chris one for discovering and reporting them, but instead they rip MyBB? I think someone has been smoking the drugs up there a little too long.

By: Hraefn

Hraefn — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:55:12 +0000

I knew about XennoBB (through OpensourceCMS) before I even heard of MyBB. I admit to liking how XennoBB looked (it was sleek looking, you have to admit), but then I found out about the GPL ripping issue (thanks to Dietrich’s efforts on OSCMS). You could say that I dropped XennoBB like it was a hot platter immediately after learning that. The code ripping was bad enough, but what really put me off was seeing Osgiliath’s (Marius Stanciu) behaviour when confronted about it. It was shaming, really, and I wasn’t even involved with the software’s development… I just used it once.

It’s a pity that many of XennoBB’s users (at least the new ones) are unaware of its controversies. I guess it wouldn’t surprise you to learn that Osgiliath apparently sterilizes his forum since I saw no mention of this issue in there. I’ll definitely be doing what I can to spread the truth about XennoBB. In any case, I’m shifting to MyBB (which I discovered indirectly through XennoBB), which looks perfect for my needs.

Hey! I guess there’s reason to thank Osgiliath after all. =^^=

By: sTrEtCh

sTrEtCh — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:14:00 +0000

hehehehe, just shows you what idiotic caracters are out there in the world. dont claim what is not yours and give credit where credit is due.

By: Big Jim

Big Jim — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:07:40 +0000

Find out where he lives and email me an addrees, i’ll see to it that this guy is eating all his meals through a straw, i’ll also steal a few quid to cover travel expenses.