[Brad]

Originally Posted by AlexanderT

And that is the "protection" we were talking about?

Not that I really care, but for the sake of the argument... what makes you think that warez owner have no access to vb.org, either via some legitimate user who added them (remember, we can also add our co-admins), or by being legitimate users themselves. The license system may make it harder for non-licensed users to access hacks, but it is definitely not a barrier for a pirate. And to justify the SUDDEN change in Jelsoft policy (in the past it wasn't even allowed to discuss the lockdown hack) by the mere existance of the license system - which happen to be installed ever since I purchased vB 2 1-1/2 years - is simply nonsense. Well, no need to argue here. Jelsoft already tried in the past to sell us petty explanations for sudden and unexpected policy changes (does the vB3 importer system ring a bell?).

Erm, mabey you should go back and read, this restriction was in place before vBulletin.org had the system in place.