I don't quite follow, I can't see any mention of a closed thread anywhere, perhaps you could link to it.

He wants the ability to create a Hack Thread - I assume with a BBCode Modification of some sort contained therein - and that Guests (Unlicensed Users) be able to view the Code contained within Code, PHP, HTML, etc. Tags.

That's not going to happen.

Yup, as Marco said a few posts above.

The copy of the thread on on the pirate forum. Which you removed the link to.

That site is better to refer people to than vb.orgs and it shouldn't be.

vBulletin.org is to provide users running a valid vBulletin license with modifications.

It is not a site for unlicensed users to find resources.

Nothing more to add to this discussion.

So you want to point people running other software to a thread here? I'm pretty sure phpBB and IPB have some more appropriate place to post that. Plus, I'm sure the interfaces for adding BBcodes are different and it'd be a nightmare to support all of them in one thread.

I'm not reffering to unlicensed users, but to users of other forum software.

On the basis of your initial statement there should not be a general coding help forum, misc discussion, chat room or all the other features vb.org has.

So, why not expand the scope some more?

Users of any other forum software are unlicensed users (unless they have a vbulletin licence as well). How many times do we have to say this before it sinks in ? - this is a vbulletin site - downloads are not going to be opened to non licensed users, no matter how many times/ways you ask.

I don't want all downloads open, just some.

Expand the scope of the site a little.