[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by MicroHellas

Today I decided to let all my modules here unsupported, as I seen that most members dosen't respects my work, the time that I spent to develope and support them. Worst of all they don't respect even the laws.

I didn't asked anything in exchange. No money, not even to register in my site as most other developers ask for. What I asked, and I was expecting to find from their side, is a small gredit to me as a person, by letting my copyright in place.

Unfortunatelly, doing a simple search in Google (anybody can check it) for "vbulletin memberindex" I found dozens of sites having removed my copyright. Thank you all of you my dear. You're giving a shit to the only rule that I put. But I'm wondering why you don't dare to remove Jelsoft's copyright. Because it's a big company while I'm just a single person, much more, a woman. My congratulations men!!

One of them was so cool that registered in my site and post:

Of course I don't plan to punish all other honest members who respected me. I'll continue posting most of my modules for free, I'll continue supporting them, but on my site only or to sites which accept encoded modules. Free yes... But not with visible source code any more. It's my intellectual property and I'll protect it.

Classifieds and MemberIndex will continue unencoded as they're right now. But unsupported.

Thank you for your understanding (this goes to honest users).
Mary

Mary, for what its worth I understand what you are going through on this. Its very frustrating that some people think that just because we offer these things for members at no cost that we automatically will do everything at no cost. People that make posts like that are just +++++++s and you are right a good majority of them are most likely men. I've run into quite a few men who really have a problem with a women who is better than them at something. But keep this in mind its something that I've discovered through my years of being a designer. When they make these hurtful comments to you it because they feel inferior and they know that you are better than them. The only way they see to bring you down is to try and break you down, make fun of you, be an +++++++ etc. Keep in mind the only time they will do this is when they feel threatened, if they "feel" threatened then you are doing something right IMO. It just means they cannot handle you being good at this when they are not. Any one who is truly good as this stuff will not be threatened by you. Instead I would think it would be better to help you & treat you with respect.

Unfortunately those who remove copyrights are always going to be around and do that. Its hard to keep up with it and do anything for them. I personally have always found your work top notch.