I am not a programmer and I joined futures.io (formerly BMT) to get the indicators. Since then, I've come to realize the indies are a small part of trading. However, as someone that feels pretty strongly about intellectual property, I would put my two cents in like this:
Make ALL downloads elite: Period, end of sentence. I think this will encourage people to pay the small donation to help the site, and if there was some sort of "Disclaimer" about indicators NOT being the holy grail right after someone signed up as an elite member, with a link to Big Mikes Price Action thread, perhaps Big Mikes passion for indie free trading would get some lift. I'm just sayin...
This would also eliminate the discussion over what is public and what is elite. Perhaps its a bit heavy handed but it does solve the problem.
Anyway, finding this site was the best thing that could have happened to my trading. I'd like to see it grow and improve as time goes by. Big Mike needs cash to make that happen. So lets charge for all downloads.