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Originally Posted by Miratos
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.
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It's no more elitist than saying that those who cannot drive properly should not be given licenses.
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Originally Posted by Miratos
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.
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They're being given a great deal of consideration, as is exemplified in the legions of hacks available here, most of which are done out of charity and good will. To say that those who cannot be bothered to learn these skills are somehow entitled to some sort of ownership over the code of those who can is unfathomable to me.