Personally, I don't like it. In general, I hate restrictions, opressive permissions, etc.
I work on vB at work, and was a pain (not a hassle, just a pain) getting added just so I could do the work I need to do.
Why not just mark in the forums if the user is registered, and let the author decide on a case-by-case basis? Plus, the community can help out too, should it wish.
It's not like a few unlicensed (pirate) users harms the mod authors, especially if there were a system in place that let the mod authors choose to simply ignore them.
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