should this hack be removed?

[merk]

1) Firefly offers this site as a charity.
2) I would have no problem paying to advertise my hacks, but sadly i have no hacks that are worth it. How much do you want Firefly?
3) The reply button actually does cost money. I pay 13c($AUD) a megabyte. The button most probably transfered about 4k of information. That works out to be 0.051cents. Thats more than free!

I still see no valid reason why someone cant charge for a hack they spend their time making?

[Sparkz]

I never said they shouldn't be able to charge for hacks. I just stated my opinion about it being done on this site. I very much like the opensource idea myself, and I think it has been the general understanding, if you want, amongst most hackers and users of hacks that it was supposed to be like that.

And then you have the $$$'ers. Get them outta here, I say.
Like Nakkid, or what his nick is - I keep forgetting, who is making two versions of his hack. One light version for free, and one with more features for a charge. This is all well and good, but don't post the pay version here. Put a link in your readme file, on your site or whatever - but don't stuff it right in my face here.

It sucks seeing a thread about something that I think sounds interesting, just to find out three posts down that it costs money. If I had to pay for my bandwith, that would inadvertently cost ME money too...

Oh, and why don't use the quick reply box when you post. It'll save you some money

Bah, enough ranting, you get my point... Back to work...

[merk]

It will only halve the cost

Now your just making me waste money! :dead:

[Sparkz]

Sorry, didn't mean to waste your money...
*sending a virtual chokolate chip cookie* Better? :P

[merk]

I partially agree with you, getting your hope up about a hack, only to find out its a pay hack is very annoying, especially if you cant afford it.

But if the hack is good enough that you think its worth money, then i cant see why the person cant 'release' the hack - just make sure its clearly labeled

[merk]

Whoa ! That will cost me too much to download?! Please dont!

[Sparkz]

Stop posting, please... You're costing me money now. I am at work, and all the time I use to reply here makes me do less work.

OMG! Imagine if you post enough to keep me from doing work at all! I'd be fired, and it'd be your fault! Could you afford to cope with that?


Is it just me, or are we drifting away from the topic here?

[merk]

Good point, get back to work, youll need the money to pay for the bandwidth!

I have to get to bed anyway, early start, damn meetings :|

[cditty]

How about a forum where people can only list hacks they sell?

I see both sides and aggree with both sides. If I spend a lot of time working on something and want to charge, I should be able to. If I want to give it away free, I should be able to.

I think a new forum would be the best idea.

Chris

[merk]

I dont believe there are enough hacks around that charge to justify another forum to add to the confusion.


Maybe just make sure you label your hacks as a 'pay for code' arrangment