I was very pleasantly surprised to be asked to be a beta tester, back on Feb 25th (so not many weeks ago, at least for me). I saw it as a nice chance to get my hands on a time-limited copy of an admittedly buggy V5I and hopefully help eon with their development. There was no commitment to spend a minimum time working with it - although I did spend a lot :-), and so I certainly wouldn't expect to receive a free copy. The only actual requirement was to keep shut about it until the release date.

Steve