exceptions shouldent be an option.

Maybe so but it's up to the admins and the mod for Full Releases to decide.

we won't give exceptions normally, but it can be possible.

important would be, that the sourcecode is released to the admin/mod of the forum.
But normally there won't be exceptions and we don't have any right now.

In life, you can never say never... (and that statement is a paradox).

...starting...now! :)

I've seen a Zend encoded hack somewhere ... is it so bad?!

Yes, because you have no idea what it'll do when you use it.