[hambil]

Originally Posted by nexialys

hum, i can add to this... 90% of the coders here started with a client's vB or a nulled one to see how it work and if it worth coding for it...

I started as a tech admin for a board running a valid copy. I expect that is the road most coders took. People who steal things often assume everyone thinks like them and steals things, too. It's how they justify their actions.

With that said, I think your statement was not meant to come across quite as bad as it did. You aren't saying 90% of coders started with a nulled copy. I think you are saying that most coders started with a clients copy, and a few started with a nulled copy.

Either way, anything to do with a nulled copy of vB is not only illegal, but also immoral. If you want a free board get one. SMF and phpBB3 are both good boards. If you feel you want to run vB over those free choices there must be a reason and that reason is worth paying for, so pay for it and stick a sock in it

Let me also point out (to get focus back to the original op) that vB has never been encrypted, to my knowledge. In fact, a lot of what goes on here depends on vB being open and accessible.