A Philosophical Point

[Sarah Reichelt]

> This culminated in my designing a complex extended toolbar
> for Runtime Revolution 2. At no time did I ask for any
> money for these contributions, and never tried to exercise
> any copyright control. This was based on the fact that
> Runtime Revolution was available as a free download that
> could be used in a relatively unrestricted way without
> having to pay for it. When Runtime Revolution released
> version 2.0.3 the company suddenly removed that freedom and
> beyond a 30 day 'trial license' expected payment. I felt
> betrayed and said so, forcefully; for which I was slammed,
> forcefully.  I subsequently stopped making widgets I
> developed available via my website.
>
While I respect your decision to remain with an older version of 
Revolution so that you never need to pay, I find it sad that you feel 
unable to contribute to the Rev community for this reason. Presumably 
you no longer take advantage of other people's generous offerings in 
advice and stacks as this would be inconsistent with your philosophy 
unless you could be sure they were older stacks or techniques developed 
with the free version.

Some of your contributions have been very helpful and interesting - 
thanks for that. If you ever change your mind and wish to rejoin the 
Rev community, we'll still be here :-)

Sarah