[Clayton]

finding a solution to the problems are number one, which should be always be the aim

however

as mentioned by microhellas, you don't find vBulletin sending out an email to all their users, when they find a vulnerability, to uninstall their software. They work to first find a solution.

to see how an email was sent out to all the users of Microhellas' hacks before finding a solution with the author was (imo) irresponsible and it has led to a valid contributor now making her hacks unavailable to the users of vb.org

I can see her point, the email sent out creates alarm (which from a business point of view for her is plain destructive) and causes the users of her products to get the impression that there is something inferior or wrong with her products

in this instance a solution was easily found by the author and this whole scenario could have been avoided

hopefully those involved can learn from this

Thank you everyone for working to provide a service of value to all users