A while ago I wrote this quoted post, and the same day, I got an email from James about it. I baited him a bit, and in a round about way, he admitted a few things. I hope that if Bruce finds out about this it doesn't result in any trouble for James. But, if it does, fuck him, he's been a cock recently anyway.
Snips due to two topics in the same series of emails.
Fred wrote:Ahhhh CA7, did I mention that I love you? :-) :-D
That's not surprising. The MS3 platform is locked down and more difficult to clone, or so they say. Thus they want to maintain the attraction to that, which they are more likely to make money from over adding it to the old MS2 stuff which they also don't get a cut of the sales from like they DO with MS3.
Every time they do something like this I rub my hands together and smile.
Idiots.
Fred.
James wrote:<SNIP>
Another point though, I read your comments on your forum in reply to ca7
and they are fairly accurate (except for the idiots bit.)
MS3 is indeed commercial and the code is copyrighted. That's life. I
need to earn a living somehow. The bills won't pay themselves.
So basically we don't want people taking our work "for free" and putting
it onto MS2.
regards
Jame
Fred wrote:<SNIP>
Secondly, can I take what you said to mean that you and Ken don't get a cut of MS2 sale proceeds?
Regards,
Fred.
Fred wrote:Can I take those comments to mean that you're contractually obliged to not divulge the terms of your financial arrangement with B&G?
<SNIP>
James wrote:No comment.
Fred wrote:None required.
To me, at least, that constitutes clear proof that it's a back door deal. Hence the secrecy, mandated by B&G in writing, and not because they're shy or ashamed, though, perhaps that too.
Apologies for the delay in posting this info. I thought it was slightly inappropriate to share it like this. However James has lost all respect recently, as has Jean, which is sad. Jean showed some promise before, even if James and Ken never did. Jean has now filtered both Peter and I from his email account, and James is refusing to be honest about one simple thing. Perhaps that's contractually required too, who knows. Curiously, only a few hours after I made the BrickRPM announcement I got an email from Jean too. I was respectful and helpful and made some corrections and adjustments for accuracy, and also solely to keep him happy. I never got a reply when I let him know that I'd made the changes. Pretty rude, really. Not what I once expected from Jean, but very much along the lines of the rest of them. It resembles some sort of engine (mis)management mafia more and more every day.
Fred.