There is nothing in the TOU that prohibits a forum being based on vB Support/Discussion.
In fact, last month's vB.org BOTM Winner was a vB-Hacking related site.
Also, it is possible to perform validation of accounts.. I do it by having a hash here, surrounded with CODE tags, so that unregistereds cannot read it.
If one of my users enters that hash at registration, they get put in the Verified group.
The hash changes regularly, so even though it is not perfect, it can be done to a degree.
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