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Revision as of 19:21, 7 February 2011
The SMF copyright displayed at the bottom of every SMF Forum is there for a reason. It MUST remain there, and forum administrators are NOT allowed to remove it for any reason, whatsoever. An example of a SMF copyright is:
Powered by SMF 2.0 RC3 - Revision 9824 | SMF © 2006–2010, Simple Machines LLC
The SMF license states:
a. A Modification must not alter or remove any copyright notices in the Software or Package, generated or otherwise.
Failure to comply will result in a reminder, then an official warning, followed by legal actions.
NOTE: This does not include the SMF version number. The version number is considered separate from the copyright itself. Although we recommend that you leave the version number, especially if you are looking for help with your site, you may alter of remove the version number if you feel it is necessary.
For information on the copyright, click on the second part of the copyright or just go here: Copyright.