True, I haven’t thought of that, but that’s good point. I guess I haven’t realized this since I still have valid Houdini license, but once that changes, it won’t be that easy 
Yes, you are right. But based on this - maybe it would be better to create Curve SOP rather than TOP in TD - as it would then allow for more flexible rendering (making it easier to do various shading tricks and stuff - just like one could do in Houdini with curves)?
This would be great. Not meaning to hijack this discussion, but I have tried to write my thoughts on this here. Such way of handling user components would make my life so much easier
Anyway this is great discussion 