Angry .Orgers

[AN-net]

boofo is so OLD and wise he is always right

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by AN-net

boofo is so OLD and wise he is always right

And your check is in the mail, youngster.

[amykhar]

I can think of at least one woman Boofo was VERY wrong about. :satan:

Amy

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I can think of at least one woman Boofo was VERY wrong about. :satan:

Amy

Ouch!

And "woman" is a very loose term in this case. Mentality-wise, anyway.

[Zachariah]

I don't see the big deal.
If you want to charge for a product. There should be a % you give up to vb.org in advertisment and traffic they supply you.

Server space, bandwith, maintance all cost cash.

This place is for hacks made by vBulletin owners for free w/ donation link at most last I looked. If your in it for the cash, make your own site and do what you want. Don't cry and moan how someone runs their site, that your a guest of. To me that is moronic to say the least.

But then I see suff in black and white. There is no grey areas.

[Boofo]

Sometimes black and white is a better picture than a messed up color one.

[Paul M]

I don't think many people have a problem with charging for hacks, if it is made clear from the start that something will cost money. What bugs people is when hacks are released for free, and then later, when lots of people are using them, charges start to appear for upgrades/updates.

[jluerken]

There are some smaller hacks where I will never pay for.
On the other hand there are some aeeeeh lets say script that are so huge that this is more than a simple 3 liner hack.

If I want this functionality its up to me to decide if its worth the price or not but I will never blame an author to make a commercial hack out of a free one.
Its very time intensive to write a hack and its more time intensive to support it.

There is only one thing I really hate.

IF I buy a script and support and documentation are bad.
I really hate this. I understand that for free hacks the support can be limited but If I buy a hack I will be treated as customer and I want help if the stuff is not working

So everyone who is going to make a free hack a commercial one should do it if he/she can support it also...

[Brad]

We have discussed this in the past and never came to an agreement, at this time the upcoming 3.5 upgrade is taking up a lot of time so there has not been much discussion amoung the staff.

We are keep an eye on this thread so make sure to speak your mind if you feel inclined to do so. I've moved it to site feedback as it relates mainly to vB.org policy.

[edit] Please try to keep this one on topic.

[Chris M]

What irks me, is not having to pay maybe $20 or $30 for a hack like GARS or GAL from The Geek - It's having to pay over $100 for something like vBSEO :ermm:

While I'm sure vBSEO is a very good modification I can't justify that much money for it...

Oh - Any someone else mentioned it - People releasing hacks here for free, and when they become ultra-popular releasing the upgrades as paid versions...

Chris