SocBoxCore Software License
Human-readable private license translation would read like this:
- The basic and pro versions of this software are closed source. The Core can NOT be modified legally without express written permission. It can NOT be distributed or installed without express concent from socboxcore.com and/or the owner of the software which is David Livingston.
- The basic and pro versions of this software can be used for commercial purposes as long as there are no software policy violations.
- Attribution to the authorship of this software in the source code files can NOT be waived under any circumstances.
- Attribution to the authorship of this software on the site frontend in the form of labels and hyperlinks can be waived with permission from SocBoxCore.com . Contact us if your project needs that. However, SocBoxCore does not authorize any removal of our Attribution icon.
- For specifics regardarding our current license terms please see other links on this page
SocBoxCore Attribution Policy
In this document "attribution" and "attribute" refer to the same item.
We, us, our, website, SBC, and software refer to SocBoxCore.com and the SBC social software product. You, and your, their, customer, consumer, buyer, purchaser, refer to the customer who purchased the software (or has the free "testers" version) for use on their domain for testing.
The SocBoxCore attribution "powered by SocBoxCore" (including the SBC attribution image icon) must remain on the bottom of your SBC software install as per the license agreement. This document lays out specifics in which the license agreement has not.
The SocBoxCore attribute styling may only be changed to effect the text color and/or icon color and such colors must allow the SocBoxCore attribute to be visible on the page without any special modifications. We have several icon colors available which can be found inside the images folder of the software in the core/themes/global_theme_images/attributes folder. So if a different color icon looks better on your domain then you are welcome to change the icon by selecting one of the other available SocBoxCore icons using the admin section of the software. Under no circumstances is the SocBoxCore attribution to be changed in appearance or in any other way, other than described here in this document.
Any variation or modification to the css or attribution which changes the attribute's appearance or styling in any way other than what is described in this document is a violation of the license agreement.
Violations: Violating the attribution agreement is a serious matter. Depending on the circumstance, you could be refused technical support, refuse to provide you updates to the software, have the software locked, have a warning placed on the software page which displays that the violation has occured, or even be denied any further service from SocBoxCore.com and forfeit any refund if monies have been paid, or any and all of the above at our discretion.
Below you will find our most currrent attribute icon images, you may download any of them to use on your socboxcore installed domain.
Disclaimer: This document only governs anything provided by SocBoxCore. SocBoxCore will be held harmless for all issues resulting from the usage of any program, software, utility, or anything else outside of our software and our control.
SocBoxCore Store Developer Coding Policy
When the time comes in which we allow 3rd party plugins for the software, this page will cover proper and required coding policies for SBC plugins and other connective related items. Not every condition will be covered but we hope to put enough general content and accepted practices, and tolerance here to let you know what is expected of your coding. We ask this of you because it matters. It matters in security of our server, the customers server, and to our overall reputation to offer quality products from professionals.
Coding/Product Quality: Product quality is incredibly important to the success of everyone's involved. In that spirit SocBoxCore will be enforcing a coding/product quality requirement. This requirement will not have exclusions or exceptions of any kind. However to paint you a basic picture, here are some basic requirements below.
Basic Requirements:
- Overall Coding: Coding must be clean and easy to follow using standard inflow and outflow as demonstrated in this example.
<div> <div> <p> </p> </div> </div> - Internal Documentation:
Internal file documentation is required. We are not asking you to document every detail of your program. What we are requiring is simple basic respect from one professional to another. And that means documenting difficult, unusual, rare, or involved code with basic internal comments so that it saves other professionals valuable time should they have to diagnose a conflict or other issue. Simply make internal notes as to what the code does or its function and end result. Some basic php examples follow.
//get the user id from the database
//convert the userid to username
//use the username for display
//use the userid to get all other data from another table
//get total number of sales per employee
//get commission total per employee
//calculate commission
//display commission on page
//send commission amount to payroll for final approval
This is very simple to do and it takes no time at all. It could even help you to better code your project and to solve an issue you are having later on. Not all of use remember everything we do in coding, sometimes we need reminders, and that is where the internal documentation comes in handy. You can decide if you want to document each page as a whole or document individual code within the page. Remember, at some point somone else is probably going to view your code and they will know immediately if you have pride in your work or not. This includes (but not limited to) php, css, js, and html files.
- Commented out code:
We all have code in our projects that we may want to save for another day or when a process/function may be available in the future. This is understood and accepted. However, please keep it at a bare minimum. Long stretches or too many sections commented out looks unprofessional and we ask that you keep those portions in your developement area files only and not include them in your plugin files.
- Database Queries:
All database queries must be at a minimum in the protected files in which are designed for that purpose. We will provide you specifics of how to properly code plugins for the SBC software and we ask that you follow those methods for the safety of everyone involved. For other software if there is a secure class in which is designed to place your queries then do so, dont be lazy, it only takes a few minutes to create a function or method or class and protect those queries.
- Unlawful Use Of Code:
If it is determined that your plugin program uses anyones elses code in which the required attribution has been removed, your program will be banned permanently from use with our software. There are lots of free snippets and other items out there that are free to use as part of your programming project. Many of them require that you leave the original programmers attribution on the page in exchange for using it on your project. Its simple, leave the attribution there! I am sure (like you) they worked hard coding that, so give them the credit they ask for and move on.
These coding policies may be updated with or without notice so please check them often.
SocBoxCore Software Common License
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* SocBoxCore Common License *
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* (c) copyright SocBoxCore.com All Rights Reserved *
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* SocBoxCore is a core social software and is a department of Durangodaves LLC *
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* website: socboxcore.com *
* support forum: durangodaveswebservices.com *
* author: David Livingston *
* owner: David Livingston *
* programmer: David Livingston *
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* "This Software" or "Plugin" or "Module" or "Mod" or "Script" refers to *
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