Yeah, got it. Let me tell you how this all looks from my perspective. I patched a few mods with East Empire Expansion. No one forced me to do this. No one paid me to do this. No one asked me to do this. I did it because I wanted to. I did it because this VC is interesting. And I wanted to share it with other Nexus users. A few years ago we had a similar discussion regarding CC content. Because it was paid as well. I had some of them (then all of them when AE came out) and I patched them as well. Today we have a situation when patching Elianora's Myrwatch is good, because it's the "official" DLC, but patching Elianora's Shadetree Lodge is bad because it's VC. I assume she received/receives payment for both. And when after few years Todd decide to make some additional money, he'll release Skyrim Ultimate Edition with all VCs included making them "official DLCs". Then patching them will become valid again because they won't be paid mods anymore...
See you around people, I'm leaving the discussion. I don't think Nexus will change this policy, we need to adapt. So, instead of wasting time on further reading/commenting, I will spare it to make some new patches. For free mods this time.