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Originally Posted by Chris M

What Paul M posted up is entirely accurate - If the welcoming rules stipulate that vB.org reserves the right to modify the rules, then it is your responsibility as a user to monitor and review the rules to ensure that you are following them...

This is not an issue or right or wrong, or responsibility. It's a common sense issue of polite conduct. If a rule change takes place (which it did) that effects members on the board (in this case coders) common sense says everyone benefits from making that rule change as visible as possible.