"sorry to nick your thread"!  but this is a question for a freebee forum, oh yeah! but we don't have it?!
A freebee forum, IMHO, would be good for the following reasons:

1. info to newbies
2. try to make standard rules (i.e. where to put the ReadMe.txt, for ex. and some other things)
3. what are the most wanted items (useful information also for the market place)
4. IMHO Renderosity is the best place on the Internet for free stuff (if you know a better one, let me know;-). Free stuff section is very attractive (personally I registered here for that); then after having downloaded many free items, one goes to the market place... The best is the free stuff section, the better will be the market place.
5. market place and free stuff are usually intended for Poser stuff, but both should be developped also for other softwares. It's usually easier to lauch a trend with free stuff...
6. Some people don't have so much money to spend, they rely on free stuff. Otherwise they give up. If a community can give them some support with some average good, free, products, well, that's not so bad! Some will continue seeking for vendors. Other will continue just for fun. Great, isn't it?

WE WANT A FREEBEE FORUM!!

P:S. We already have the moderator: Bar-Code