The reason is not so that non-licensed users cannot get it, although you should never put the instructions into the hack database for that purpose. The purpose is so that people can download it and have a copy on their machine so they can re-install it when they upgrade:
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From the Full Releases rules:
Please attache the hacking instructions in a text file of some sort, so that users can download and use them again in the case of a vBulletin upgrade.
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