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Reflector is a disassembler tool for C# programmers that lets them view source code of, among other things, the dot-NET Framework. I used it once in a while to find out what's really going on in the Framework when MSDN failed to explain something. It has more interesting/questionable uses as well. Reflector was free up until this year, when its owner made a series of mistakes.
Dear Red Gate Software:
Reflector isn't free any more? OK, I can understand that. Wait, the versions of Reflector I currently use now delete themselves? You thought you would force me to upgrade? Really? Don't you think it would have been more appropriate to just ask me to pay for the next [improved] version, the way normal people usually behave towards one another? I think you are asking too much, but more importantly, I've paid more for software I didn't have to pay for at all when given the choice to do so. Instead you are encouraging exodus to a multitude of alternative free tools. Why would you be so desperate as to force all your users to choose sides? Haven't enough other companies learned this lesson already that in 2011 you should know better? My favorite part was that blog post where you feebly counter-justify these actions. Are we in denial yet? Classic.
I started using a Reflector replacement called ILSpy, and so far, it has proved to be fully adequate. Your mileage may vary.