[Revan]

Originally Posted by Decado

Revan the modifying of code in itself is not illegal, and the free supply of this code, if it is not for sale elsewhere, is also *in most countries* legal. In some countries copyright also gives the right to refuse any distribution. Assuming that these people do not originate from one of these countries, then supplying installation for a fee is perfectly legal. Of course you cold jsut as easily revoke permission to use the code from these sites, and file a DMCA notification to their hosts

What is different here is that the rules and regulations regarding work released online NOT under the GPL does not count based on the laws of each country. And unless explicitly stated otherwise, vBulletin.org hacks are released free for use and personal modification. What is not allowed is to modify and release code ("modify" meaning making slight changes as in fixing a bug, converting to new versions of the "mother software" in this case vB) either for free or for a fee, without the authors consent.
If they completely rewrote the hack, thus making it hard (if not impossible) to find the original code, they would obviously be allowed to sell it, and branding it uShop would just be disrespectful.
If what you are saying applied then I could simply travel to the Seychelles or wherever, resell pirated software, hack servers or basically break any other Internet law you can think of. Which quite frankly I don't beleive for a second is possible.