I have a question regarding the TOS: are gaming sites permitted - well, ones that relate to text-based games like NationStates - www.nationstates.net.
I'm not intending to run CounterStrike or anything like that - good news for you! (I actually read the terms and conditions)

Whilst I'm aware vBulletin is not allowed, is it within the ToS to use this free clone of it?:
LiteBulletin

(it looks like it, but uses different source-code!)

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

That should be fine.

Thanks for that!

Maybe we should start a new thread with free alternatives to software like vBulletin - apart from ones like phpBB etc.