The below email was sent by Lutz in Sep 2008... It would be interesting to know what was in his "Agreement with Red Gate" !!
After more than eight years of working on .NET Reflector, I have decided it > is time to move on and explore some new opportunities. I have reached an agreement to have Red Gate Software<http://www.red-gate.com/> continue > the development of .NET Reflector. Red Gate has a lot of experience > creating development tools for both .NET and SQL Server. They have the > resources necessary to work on new features, and Reflector fits nicely > with other .NET tools the company offers. Red Gate will continue to provide the free community version and is looking > for your feedback and ideas for future versions. For news and updates on Reflector, sign up for the .NET Developer’s > Newsletter <http://reflector.red-gate.com/subscribe.aspx> from Red Gate. > To find out more about the agreement, see the interview on Simple > Talk<http://www.simple-talk.com/the_future_of_reflector> > . On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > How absolutely ridiculous, I'm very disappointing in red gate. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Simple-Talk Special Mailing <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:31 AM > Subject: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > An open letter to the .NET community > > Red Gate has announced that it will charge $35 for version 7 of .NET > Reflector upon its release in early March. Version 7 will be sold as a > perpetual license, with no time bomb or forced updates. > > As many of you know, our original intention was to maintain .NET Reflector > as a free tool. But, after two-and-a-half years of providing it without > charge, we realized that we could not make the free model work. We know that > this will cause pain for some people in the .NET community, and we apologize > for the change in policy. > > As a commercial company, we need to charge at least a nominal amount to > keep .NET Reflector up-to-date and relevant. Without revenue coming in, we > cannot dedicate a team of developers to ensure that Reflector remains a > valuable part of .NET developers' toolboxes. > > As always, your feedback is important to Red Gate, so please contribute any > thoughts on this subject to our .NET Reflector > forum.<http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> > > Sincerely, > Neil Davidson > Co-CEO, Red Gate Software > > Link to more: > > - Read answers to frequently asked questions about Red Gate's .NET > Reflector > decision.<http://www.red-Gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/announcement-faq?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorFAQ-20110202> > - Video interview with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate co-CEO, about the > future of .NET Reflector. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKnEjiSGZLA> > - New features in V7 of .NET > Reflector.<http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/clivet/archive/2011/02/01/99118.aspx?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=CliveBlog-20110202> > - Forum for feedback and > discussion.<http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> > - Free downloads of .NET > Reflector.<http://reflector.red-gate.com/download.aspx?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorDownload-20110202> > > You have been sent this special mail from Simple Talk because you are a > current .NET Reflector newsletter subscriber. To unsubscribe from the .NET > Reflector newsletter please click > here.<http://www.simple-talk.com/newsletter/user-unsubscribe.aspx?s=250122&l=15&[email protected]&p=7315>Or > write to Simple Talk, Red Gate Software, Newnham House, Cambridge > Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom. > > >
