[Thanatos]

From an opposing view, and I realize I don't have a post count, the ability to code/post hacks or anything else to garner respect, but...

People use others original work in a variety of situations in the real world, updating it and give proper credit to the original creator of the works. There don't seem to be any ethics issues there. I fail to see how this is any different.

As long as no profit is being made off of it, the original creator has no intention to update the code or is unable to be contacted and proper credit is being given in the update, how and why would it be considered unethical?

And saying, write your own code from scratch is not an acceptable answer. Not everyone is capable of coding. In my opinion, that is a very narrow minded and elitest attitude.

I'm not trying to be a troll...but undestand there are features out there that people need and not everyone is blessed with the ability to program and so are at the mercy of those who can. These people deserve consideration as much as the ones who can take that old program and update it for their boards.

If the original author comes back from the nether and gets offended, take down the updated code and let the updater and original author work out terms.

Anyway, thats my opinion.