[Christine]

Forgetting the paid/free thing for a second, I have to say that Geek hit on something that has bugged me for a while. Reading an author's hack -- and rather than "thank you" you see a whole lot of "this sucks because it doesn't do bla bla bla". Bugs the daylights out of me, and I have installed hacks I don't need/care about where I have seen that just to be a voice of thanks.

On the paid/free thing -- is/was this an issue with skins? I don't recall anyone being upset about commercial skins when there are free skin sites (like Floris') as well as skins released both here and .com yet (correct me if I am wrong) people with commercial skin sites/custom development of skins are allowed to plug them, no?

I wouldn't mind seeing a forum for paid hacks with a description and link. While I haven't any projects large enough to warrant that, others do. A small fee for the thread (like on WHT) and there ya go. I would go as far as to model it like WHT: No discussion outside of that thread about the hack -- only questions like pre-sale and feedback from those who use it.

Only thing is -- would there be a problem if someone released something similar (but different -- not a rip) for free? That could be a real headache for the staff...