On 01 Oct 12  17:45:28, Roy Witt said the following to Nicholas Boel:   
      
   RW> I agree with that, but I'm in no position to 'talk' him into releasing   
   RW> the source. I'd discourage anyone from registering irex and just persue   
   RW> using the unregistered version or looking into offering to buy someone   
   RW> else's key. This isn't anything new, as I was given a key generator for   
   RW> FastEcho 1.46 which can open that program for max use...   
      
   I was a fan of Irex for a long time in the late 90's I think it was, and    
   bought a 50 or 100-node license for it, I forget which. Pretty sure it    
   was the 100 node one. Money wasn't so much the issue as it was "unlocking" its   
   limitation. Sure I could hex-edit the thing, but went with the honourable   
   approach. And I bought my key I think two years after Charles went AWOL.   
      
   When I did the work that I did to DB, I transferred my license to a fellow   
   Sysop who makes good use of it to this day. I got the momentary    
   warm-and-fuzzy-feeling of doing a good deed for someone "in need".   
      
   If Charles would at least program a key-generator, it would at least put the    
   whole continuing-to-charge-$ discussion/arguments to rest. Or at least some    
   sort of disclaimer indicating that the product is sold as-is with no more    
   official support from the author.   
      
   I think there were rumors here that he "lost" the source code, which I find a    
   bit hard to believe as that was a very large project to -not- have backups of    
   the source code for, and a project that brought in a nice amount of $$$.   
      
   Nick   
      
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