and also @dahui
I completely agree with you. However, wasn't the main issue, according to ED at least, that RAZBAM has breached contract? If that allegation is correct, that's a termination and not a voluntary suspention, no?
It's simple, really:
Is ED right, and RAZBAM breached contract? If so, ED should get the game files (according to the 3rd party agreement) and continue support for the modules
Is ED wrong, and RAZBAM hasn't breached contract, and haven't been paid for no apparent reason? If so, they should be paid and will continue to support the modules
In both cases, modules should still be here at the end of the fiasco. If they're not, I am inclined to believe that the whole business model and ED leadership should change, as this would clearly mean the current game payment model isn't sustainable. What's stopping another 3rd party dev from someday running into similar issues with ED, resulting in a bunch of other modules leaving our hands? It just doesn't work.
Also, what even does "not willing" mean, @dahui? What's stopping Heatblur or Polychop to one day "not will" to provide support? What happens then, do we lose more modules? The whole business model fails if ED isn't capable of retaining the modules in cases/fiascos like these. I don't care if RAZBAM are at fault. If they are, by the contract signed, Eagle Dynamics SHOULD BE getting the game files which would mean continuation of module support.
Any result in which all of RAZBAM's modules aren't supported going forward is a complete and utter failure from ED (sharing, or not sharing the blame with the 3rd party devs of RAZBAM).