KirbyDE is right (Ghostsuit too) ... i would release more hacks here if i can advertise, and they would be mostly free because i can sell some/many... if i can't advertise, i have to sell them for a higher fee because i want to gain for the job done...

a good coder is always paid 50$/hour, so why not charge for that salary?... for a specific client, a request is different, as most of the reuqests i answer will never be asked from anyother user... but if a tool can be used for many, why not release it ?!... for free ?!... how would i pay the food for my childs ??? i code all day, and most of the time i do it for clients... if i release the tools for free, i will spare 15 hours/day of my time for nothing... this is my job, so i want to be paid, and the clients know it.

also... most of the commercial/non-free tools are bringing profits for the client... a banner system, a community journal or a global information feed... if you have banners on your site, we suppose it's not only to advertise your own site.. you make profits by adding banners... so when i built my sponsored/bannered forums system, i meant it for profits... so the guys are able to pay for it, because they will be paid back.

if you want to make a small modification on a display or function, i will never see someone requesting cash for the job because PHP is free itself... but building a complete tool require time and knowledge... and these two elements are payable in all jobs... so why complain ?! job is well done, we're happy and the client too!