Before I take the insane step of pre-ordering an upgrade to the vb 4 suite
 

a product which was by all accounts ready for final by August 2009 (July the 15th unofiicially) and now has no solid release date* cannot currently be seen in action anywhere and is unlikely to be available before the expiry of the pre-sale offer I have a few questions* some of which I have asked in previous tickets and never got the courtesy of a response.

I see the term "visible source" is now missing from the feature list so I would like clarification that the vbulletin version 4 series both forum and suite remains visible source just as its predecessors were and will remain so for its duration ?

In view of the recently obvious changes in direction of vbulletin staff and its overall management under its new owners* accompanied with the lacking of a public beta and now the attempted taster of a current license holder discount for the new suite apparently available prior to gold release only* which at the full ticket price I personally consider it to be one that is now grossly inflated* it certainly raises suspicion for me on exactly what else is changing with the product that is being withheld prior to release* the above question on visible source is one such direct question. Is there anything else changing with the product and its license over and above what has been announced that new license are for the duration of each major version that may carry an impact on how I may use the product or other restrictions that may hinder 3rd party addon development ?

With the way the upcoming new licensing expires with each major version what future time span does IB/Jelsoft now intend to provide support for in the way of security fixes etc for each major series beyond the release of subsequent major version(s) ?

Thats all for now.