[RacerX]

I would like to add that if we didn't have to spend as much money having custom hacks designed specifically for us (which means we have to foot the bill of a good custom coder alone) we would then have more money to BUY more vBulletin licenses and implement new communities we have on the drawing board. Sure, we can now dupe some of the hack works, though there will still need to be new hacks created for niche areas.

This is only a guess, but I think that would go for other people as well. How many vb licenses does $2k buy? Or even $1,000? We have 4 communities on the drawing board but we can't afford to roll them all out.. Not with having to buy the vbulletin licenses, skin design AND completely custom hack work.

Honestly, I think it is a safe bet that there would be a lot of good coders putting in the hours for all sorts of really nice hacks, many that haven't even been thought up yet, if there was at least a little payback for them besides prestiege. Heck, $10.00 for a good hack (just a guess if it was being sold in bulk) would make the hacker happy and give us all options.