Dumped in an inconvenient situation

Spinball,

You are using very vague terms in your arguments: "go the extra mile", "encourage coders"...etc...etc...

There is really nothing concrete that we can evaluate here. (Which is probably why you feel people are failing to get your point.)

How do you suggest we go the extra mile?

How do you suggest we encourage coders to tick an checkbox indicating that, in their absence, their code can be modified by the community?

This is what the staff is interested in, because we can evaluate these kinds of suggestions (that also comply with copyright laws).

We understand it is frustrating as a forum owner to have a modification that your board is dependent on and then witness the mod suddenly stop development, but we have a whole user base to keep in mind here (especially the coders who own the code.)

Also things to wonder about - what determines "absence" ? This is also another vague term that needs to be discussed! We don't want a coder going on vacation with this option ticked and for him to come back and see his modification has now be modified by the community.