Well, interesting conversation. Community was designed to allow one log in across various GT products. To that end, it was and should remain free. It should also be easy to set up and should be upgraded to work with and look like Links 3.0. Actually, GForum should have had the same templating system as Links years ago, since they are designed to be used together. I have a couple of sites that I haven't used all the components together yet because they are too difficult to configure to get them looking alike and playing nice together.

The goal was a modular system, with Community being the glue. I would just like to see more progress in that modularity and guess what, if it happens, I will happily purchase a GForum license to go with EACH of my Links licenses. That should be incentive to make Community work and work well. Those with Forums will add links licenses and those with links licenses will add forums.

Just my 2 cents added to the fray.