Email dated back in May of this year that Joel sent to a gore player asking for money, here is part of it.
"We'll be upgrading the forums in case there is a particular security leak. It turns out we bought a perpetual license way back, so we should be able to upgrade it for 30. Speaking of which will you be able to pre order GoreII if I can get the rights to develop it from Dreamcatcher? I may or may not need investors, but you mentioned being wealthy. If we can get 2000 pre orders we won't need a dime of outside money, and if Gore ad version goes well, we'll be set too, but I thought it never hurts to ask or have a back up plan. Gore sold 60,000 copies in North America and quite a bit overseas. So say we get it done, and even if we only sell 1/10th of what Gore did in North America, (direct selling ourselves with CD key) we'll make 300k. I think this is a really sweet deal, and will work, I just need the community to get on board, or possibly an investor to back us up.
Warm Regards,
Joel"
Anyone who sends that guy a dime deserves to get ripped off.