I am not a coder. But I have seen this here many times. I could not have said it better.
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Yes, this does seem to happen many times, even for mods that you pay for. For example, I've purchased several mods over the last four months, only to have the coder get upset, remove their code, shut down their web site, and then disappear for some strange reason.
In Boofo's case, he was offering his code for free (which was very noble of him) and then chose to remove it for personal reasons. Some of his mods were nice, so it's sad to see him go. For whatever reason, he decided to go and he has that right.
But there are some other mods in the modification graveyard from other authors who sold their code (such as vbulletinfreelancers), promised year-long support, and then disappeared a month later. It seems it was due to the author feeling offended by something someone posted. So she removed her code and disappeared, along with her web site and the mods people paid for. Those are the coders that really hurt the vbulletin community.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen that happen as well.
Added Note: Along with the responsibility, it takes a thick skin to be a coder. They have to be prepared to have people be critical of their work sometimes. Personally, I am always supportive of any coder, and encourage people as much as I can. It's the mods that make people want to buy vbulletin, so with every coder that vb.org loses (for whatever reason), it's a huge loss to the community.
07-13-2008, 06:26 AM
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