[tehste]

i think what we need is members to understand the licensing of IP (intel. property). There is nothing to stop us using a GPL with hacks. So hack authors should release their hacks under any license they see fit. I personally don't want to release any of my code as open source. My hacks usually include license information in the readme: Even if it is as simple as: no modifications unless I ok them.
It's a clear statement and there is no room for interpritation. One of my hacks was being 'ported' without my permision. The readme contained an equivalent to that statement. And members complained when I said to the coder that what he is doing is wrong. Respect IP and the license that IP is provided by.

If I subscribed to an open source project I wouldn't be as possessive over code. But creating addons takes time and people who use find/replace to port an addon won't do it properly.