Wasn't there some claus in TKC's website that said if they go out of business, they 
will release all software under the GPL after one year?

Steve Lefevre

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Subject: Rekall is no longer available from theKompany.com


Hi
Rekall, the programable, cross platform, database independant, database GUI client is 
no longer available from theKompany.com

Many of our supporters have sent email asking for a reason why Rekall has been taken 
away from theKompany.com (TKC). Basically, the answer is TKC is bankrupt. TKC's team 
of developers have not been paid for over 5 months, (some even longer). Sometime in 
June this year, we were are told to find alternative work until  TKC's financial 
situation improves. The development of Rekall is a full time job so Mike and myself 
were unable to comply, since we were already committed to releasing Rekall V2.1.0 in a 
timely manner. We decided that it was unfair to our customers to expect them to wait 
for TKC's finanical situation to improve, which could be anything from 12 months to 3 
years.

Consequently, Mike and I decided that it would be in the best interest of our 
customers if we took back Rekall and continued its development alone. You may remember 
what happened with Black Adder, TKCs Python IDE. TKC released for sale Black Adder 
beta over 3 years ago at a discounted price, with a promise of a free upgrade once BA 
V1.0 stable was completed. BA V1.0 stable made its first appearance at the end of 
August this year, over 3 years late. This kind of thing is not going to happen with 
Rekall.

Rekall will always be available from http://www.totalrekall.co.uk and 
http://www.rygannon.com. Furthemore, there may be the possibility that sometime in the 
future we will release Rekall under the GPL and only charge a nominal fee for email 
support on a subscription basis, so keep an eye on either of the Total Rekall Portals

On behalf of Mike and myself I would like to apoloze for any inconvenience or 
confusion our actions may caused.

Regards
John



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