Transmission ARM no longer free?

mdgm wrote:
If you think you can justify the time and expense to develop some add-ons making them available for free then go for it. Sadly most developers have only developed a few add-ons and come and gone.

Pity, the platform seems excellent for the purpose... What, in your opinion, might have caused the lack of creation of a critical mass for for-free development for these units? I do see architectural changes, ie sparc -> arm or significant changes in the same architecture (for example, changes from one hardware model to another, that break ABI compatibility) as a possible culprit. Something else perhaps?

Just doesn't stick, this is the first time I'm running into a case like this one, a good platform with a community lacking development interest...