No Encrypted Hacks Allowed at vB.org

[Erwin]

After much deliberation between admins and mods, we have decided the following:

Hacks must not be encrypted and the source code hidden using ZEND or other methods.

Reasons:
1) This is an open-source hack website.
2) Members are here to learn from each other's hacks.
3) There is a risk of authors deliberately putting in easter eggs, trojans, worms, loopholes etc.
4) There is no way of debugging the hack if it conflicts with other hacks or vB.

Exceptions may be made for exceptional hacks - please contact the forum moderator if you wish to release an encrypted hack.