How they make the money may be ethically suspect to some, but that fact doesn't diminish the quality of the end product. And asking for donations isn't a very good way to keep a business afloat (that is basic economics).

If Pasman had done this with Xolox and kept up its development I think xolox would most likely be one of the best gnutella clients available. But we'll probably never know just how much potential was really there.

And as far as Pasman not wanting to make money in that manner, good for him. It respectable that someone can choose a system of ethics and stick to them.

But not everyone shares the same system of ethics. That doesn't necessarily mean that what they do is wrong or evil. It just means they're different.

I imagine that the way in which I make my money is not the way in which most people here make theirs. That doesn't mean I'm a better person then they are or vice versa. It just means we're different.