[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by lasto

yep i read the other thread a while back - and even with it i still come to the conclusion that its is up to members what hacks they put on their board.If its a paid for board then the choice is theirs.Jelsoft regards to vbull boards should be only against piracy and the illegal use of pirated boards or eve legal ones distributing warezs etc.

First off, this is not your board. It is owned and operated by private individuals and supported by Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. When this discussion originally took place over 2 years ago, there were no legitimate reasons for this hack. In fact, vBulletin already has built-in facilities to prevent members of specific groups from downloading files which is what this hacks stated purpose was to be. If that is the legitimate reason you want this then it is superfluous and unneeded. The only other reason would be to gather IP addresses and email addresses as people registered to track who downloaded it. This is also built into vBulletin.

The only reason to require someone to post in a thread before downloading would be to keep links to warez hidden from prying eyes. This is the reason this hack is banned from Jelsoft's sites. Its only purpose is to violate the vBulletin License Agreement which specifically states you cannot use the software to distribute warez or pirated software..