The Ethics of Updating for VB3 a VB2 Hack That You Didn't Write

[KuraFire]

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

It really doesn't matter how you act. It is illegal in most countries in this world. Not being able to contact the author is not an excuse.

Right, so all the publications of Shakespeare's works are illegal?


Back on topic, in some cases it's just completely pointless to say "you should rewrite this hack from scratch" - look at the hack I ported to vB3, Miserable Users. I simplified it, made it up to date with vB's changes in version 3, made it a little bit more efficient, and added a bunch of explanations/how-to's on toning down the miserabe-aspect. Rewriting that hack would be pointless as there aren't a whole lot of ways to do a very, very basic IF condition...
With something like a Journal System, ie. something BIG, I can imagine that you'd say "write your own from scratch!" (unless, of course, you have prior permission from the original author to port his/her hack) and I would agree to that, but it definitely doesn't always apply.