Here at vb there are many great mods that the coders have clearly abandoned personally I think the rules should be changed the code should be re-usable after a certain amount of time the coder not being active.
So, you honestly think coders would continue to provide you with FREE addons if there was a rule that they would be dispossessed of their work automatically?
You really need to understand that people let you use their work for free here. And you have no claim whatsoever on said work. If you can't accept that, don't use it, and pay someone to code your custom stuff for you.
Sometimes the presumptuousness of some people here really makes me want to run away screaming.