I'm confused..how much is CPanel? It looks like you can download it here: http://layer2.cpanel.net/ .. am I wrong?

Prices very depending on where you colocate. I wouldnt be suprised if you could download it, but im sure there is a key to go with it. I think vdi sells it for 99 a month.

But why would osmeone pay for it when they could download it and install it themselves?

You need a liscence to use it. If you do not get one when you try to log into the cpanel or webhost manager it will say "invalid lisc file" and not work.

Originally posted by x5media
But why would osmeone pay for it when they could download it and install it themselves?

The code is encrypted.