I'm guessing he had no incentive on supporting a free version, but now he has, if he's going to charge upwards of $50-$80 for the script.

Would have been nice to post something on the release thread here at vb.org, since people have been practically begging for support, and the staff had to step in and remove the download?

I'd imagine a post saying "This is being scrapped, but I've got V2 coming out!.....oh but you'll have to pay to use it" wouldn't have gone down well :P

Assuming he is charging for it, which it looks like he is.

if he is charging for it he can't release it here rules are rules ....

here some news for us

http://www.vbplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?p=60#post60

:-)

When he says
Does that mean it won't be released here :o

I think so

Now here's a question and please, just humor me.

Why would I pay, especially that kind of loot, to download a hack where the previous hack suffered a catastrophic failure and destroyed my board and the creator not only didn't bother to address it, he disappeared for months?

Paying for it gives you more rights. Buying sth is a contract froim point of view of law, and so is your right to support if he offers it within the same deal. I hope CMX is aware of these issues.

Generally, I think it is good that it will be paid hack because it will guarantee some level of quality and security of hack (hopefully). For this reason I am willing to pay.

He offered it before for free so he had no duty whatsoever to support it.

I get that but others did state that they paid for the last version as well (now what they exactly paid for I'm not clear on) and they got left hanging just like the rest of us. If this was something as simple as a mood hack or post thank you or adding bb coding that if it messes up gives you a white page or whatever, then it's not a real big issue. However, this hack decimated boards completely. He knew there was a problem and even a reassuring word from him would have put folx at ease but nothing came from him for months and now he's back with a newer version and he's even vague regarding that info...I'm not feeling confident about this...

I have absolutely no problem paying for a quality product but at the same time, I'm not willing to put my site at risk again without any real support and guarantees of it not failing like it did. There aren't even any assurances that he'll even stick around the next time...