As another huge fan of pb I can see what you are looking for and don't see too much of a problem with it. I don't necessarily think that talk.maemo.org should be the place users to come to find out how to do illegal things on maemo devices. Every platform has many different forums where a community gathers, the same people on discussion.apple.com are hardly the same users on codez4mac.

talk.maemo will still be the premier site for Tablet users, the internet is great because you can share information very easily. If pb starts another forum I will probably register there to see what's what.

A big difference is that maemo.org is community run unlike discussions.apple and codes4mac and even ITT which was Reggies own site. So if you want to change how things are here, you have a better chance of succeeding especially if you are a well respected forum member as yourself pb.