[RacerX]

Originally Posted by filburt1

To take it to the extreme, if the hacks were allowed here but an insertion fee or a commision of each sale (PayPal could be a processor and automatically deposit a cut to Jelsoft and direct the rest towards the modification author), Jelsoft would not only see an increase in license sales but a higher net profit per sale.

Finally, after paying $160 or even $85 for a product, many do not hesitate to pay less than $50 to add a major new feature to it such as a photo album, webmail, arcade, personal web hosting, whatever. I just don't see the logic in Jelsoft so steadfastly determined to block official channels of extending their product when it directly benefits them.

I think charging an insertion fee or even brokering the sale would be more than fair. I know some won't like the brokering idea but I also feel that jelsoft as well as everyone would benefit.

To deny these people in my mind is only going to slow vbulletin down. Heck, how many hacks have been incorportated later into vBulletin? No offense to the guru's designing vBulletin but a lot of benefit has come from coders creating hacks.. Wouldn't it just give them a better selection to work with in the future, or would this limit them? Not sure but thinking out loud.. Either way, I think having it available is better than not having it at all.