In my view it is entirely fair game for them to charge for what they own but this is also an instance of why to avoid the .NET ecosystem altogether.
The ethos I follow and many developers whose opinion I care about follow as well is that platform technology and the most fundamental tools must not be closed source.
The irony with Reflector is that while branded a debugging tool it is mainly good for reverse engineering, so Red Gate are now effectively charging for access to third parties' source code, which I personally find a bit troubling.
The ethos I follow and many developers whose opinion I care about follow as well is that platform technology and the most fundamental tools must not be closed source.
The irony with Reflector is that while branded a debugging tool it is mainly good for reverse engineering, so Red Gate are now effectively charging for access to third parties' source code, which I personally find a bit troubling.