Whatever is given should not be taken back. Free licenses have been well deserved and we won't be putting any new "conditions" for them.
As for upgrades and migration - that is a huge question and as you know current Dolphin structure has always been a problem when it comes to mods migration version-to-version. We're trying to put this to end, by separating modules in v7.
We will definitely provide upgrade scripts, difference files and migration packs, but lots of mods would have see more to be upgraded. One thing we can do is to openly encourage all Experts to prepare free version upgrades and instructions.
Dolphin 7 is really, really, really MUCH better than 6.1, so please don't be skeptical.
As for upgrades and migration - that is a huge question and as you know current Dolphin structure has always been a problem when it comes to mods migration version-to-version. We're trying to put this to end, by separating modules in v7.
We will definitely provide upgrade scripts, difference files and migration packs, but lots of mods would have see more