Kagi, a popular payment processor for independent software developers, recently began selling a $5 Lion-compatibility patch for the discontinued-in-2008 VisualHub video converter that the original software’s developer says he didn’t authorize—and isn’t getting paid for. Kagi defends the move, arguing that it’s merely helping less tech-savvy paying customers that it says the developer abandoned.
TUAW also reports on this. Bottom line: Techspansion, the company behind VisualHub, isn’t associated with this updater and has asked customers not to use it. Under those circumstances, Kagi’s justification for continuing to offer it is questionable at best. Until this is resolved, caveat emptor.