The whole reason this started was that Ted came across a Freeware on which someone had hacked in nearly every feature that was in the licensed.
What do you think YOU would have done in that position? I'd have done the same thing that he did. There's a difference between the honorable code hackers that are just trying to make it better, and the dishonorable ones that just tried to get something for nothing. It's the latter that has caused this decision.