done.<br><br><b><i>Gavin Westwood <cod2@kethiel.org.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Josh Hyatt wrote:<br>> How about this.... Ryan is waiting for AV to pay him for his work right? Why<br>> don't we all just pitch in and donate and pay Ryan ourselves that way he<br>> wont have to worry about waiting for activision to pay him before he leaks<br>> the patch out we will go ahead and pay him now for his work that we are all<br>> so grateful for.<br><br>I like everyone else here am also impatient for the release of 1.3 for<br>Linux, however I don't think this is the answer.<br><br>If you persuaded Ryan to leak it by paying him what you get in<br>donations, he is likely to get sacked by his employer for breach of<br>contract (both with them and with Activision), perhaps even be sued for<br>much more than he's likely to receive in donations. That and no
longer<br>having a job, the donations would probably not be enough to tide him<br>over till he can find new work.<br><br>I'd suggest that people use the previous posters suggestion of lobbying<br>Activision en-mass, although how much notice they take of this remains<br>to be seen...<br><br>Gavin<br><br></blockquote><br><p> 
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