A Slashdot blogger notes that Sveasoft releases Alchemy 1.0, an updated firmware image for the LinkSys WRT54G family of wireless routers. There’s been a lot of controversy with Sveasoft charging a subscription fee for access to the beta development forums for the software, which is a mixture of Linux software, modifications by LinkSys, and original development by SveaSoft. There have been a lot of charges on both sides of theft, DMCA violations, copyright and license infringement. It’s disappointing seeing so much controversy surrounding such a great project.