It's come to my attention that apparently inside the scripts Lucid is using to run this site, is a disclaimer that makes it so that there shouldn't be any consequences for hacking. Lets go over the copyright.
Copyright (C) 2011 by Yehuda Katz
handlebars v1.1.0
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
So what that means is that I can modify/hack and "because" the fact that Lucid chose to use the code, he is violating the terms of use by punishing or allowing others to punish under his authority, for hacking the software, as it is allowed in the software in order to do so.
This shows that the abuse from admins banning people for hacking the website is clearly a violation of the terms of use of handlebars and if someone was serious enough, they could get a lawyer and attempt to make a good argument. That doesn't make sure they would win, but, it certainly looks like the copyright is being violated by the staff of the website. Discuss.
